Adult Reconstruction Hip

Based on all three of the Adult Reconstruction Hip symposia at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, this program combines lectures by specialists and surgical videos to enhance your understanding and treatment techniques for adult reconstruction of the hip. It also includes a Worldwide perspective on hip resurfacing.

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Area of Focus: Joint Replacement and Hip, Knee & Lower Extremity. Based on all three of the Adult Reconstruction Hip symposia at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, this program combines lectures by specialists and surgical videos to enhance your understanding and treatment techniques for adult reconstruction of the hip. You can learn the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative considerations in primary THA for dysplasia, post-traumatic arthritis, proximal femoral deformity, poor bone quality, and hip osteoarthritis. You can evaluate the advantages, disadvantages and adverse outcomes associated with different bearing surfaces. You can explore the current views on small incision hip arthroplasty including the rationale, exposures, and complications associated with the posterior, anterolateral, and direct anterior approaches. It includes demonstrations and lectures that offer in-depth coverage of: the challenging primary total hip arthroplasty: A case-based approach; Worldwide perspective on hip resurfacing; hot topics and current controversies in total hip replacement; treatment of infected THA with PROSTALAC device: Indications and surgical techniques; and technique for alignment in total hip resurfacing arthroplasty.