HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY

Joint replacement may provide a dramatic improvement in the quality of life of patients with end-stage arthritis of the hip. However, these who are young and active still pose a formidable problem, as their needs. Charnley recognized early that hip replacement would have a high failure rate in young patients and in those with no built-in restraint. The problems posed by such high demand patients have prompted the development of a variety of modifications in technique of fixation, in the materials used as bearing surface, in designs and in the introduction of bone-conserving procedure.