Novel surgery may help young trauma patients avoid total hip replacements
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
A novel surgery using transplanted bone and cartilage may help young patients avoid a hip replacement after a specific traumatic injury to the hip joint, according to a case study by orthopedic trauma specialists at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The study appears in the February issue of the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.