Do Cysts prevent hip resurfacing by Thomas P Gross 2011
Is there added risk in resurfacing a femoral head with cysts? Thomas P Gross and Fei Liu 17 October 2011Abstract Background Femoral head cysts have been identified as a risk factor for early femoral failures after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) based on limited scientific data. However, we routinely performed HRA if less than 1/3 of the femoral head appeared destroyed by cysts on the preoperative radiograph. This study was undertaken to analyze whether |