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01-10-2016 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: Rotational Acetabular Osteotomy for Pre- and Early Osteoarthritis Secondary to Dysplasia Provides Durable Results at 20 Years
Author:
Michael Leunig, MD
Published in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Issue 10/2016
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Excerpt
Residual acetabular dysplasia is one of the most frequent causes of hip osteoarthritis (OA) [
2]. For young and active patients, joint preserving osteotomies are the treatment of choice to prevent OA and subsequent THA, as these patients are likely to outlive their implants. Among the different surgical options to treat acetabular dysplasia, there has been a shift from femoral toward acetabular-sided procedures [
7]. …