South African Arthroplasty and Knee Surgery Society From: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Sweet, M B E | Copyright British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Drakensberg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa - 9-13 April, 2003

President - Dr A.A. van Zyl

AN APPROACH TO THE COMPLEX TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT

A. Schcpcrs and D. van der Jagt

Department of Orthopaedics, University of the Witwatersrand, York Road, Parktown, 2193, South Africa

Primary tolal hip replacements are routine procedures with good outcomes. To ensure uniformly good results it is important that a thorough preoperative assessment of the patient is made. The p...

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