Forty-Two-Year Old Female Patient with Dysplastic Hip.  Courtesy of Dr. Justin P Cobb, Imperial College London

42 years old underwater photographer and ex-dancer. Painful left hip with strong pain in flexion and internal rotation of the hip, a dysplastic hip with superior and anterior subluxation and joint space loss.

Implanted H1® Ceramic Hip Resurfacing, 46 mm head.

3 years post-op follow-up: acetabular interface is mature and both the femoral neck and periprosthetic pelvic bone is well maintained.

Patient returned to work rapidly, both on land and underwater. Full marks achieved with the Oxford Hip Score within 6 months after surgery.