Hip Resurfacing vs. Metal‐On‐Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty

Patients Report Improvement in Quality of Life and Satisfaction After Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty

“…Total hip resurfacing arthroplasty with a metal-on-metal articulation has perceived advantages: the preoperative anatomy is better replicated than with the more traditional THA [34]; proximal femoral bone stock is preserved under a physiologic loadbearing pattern [4,37]; metal-on-metal articulations have a low wear rate, thus potentially eliminating osteolysis [48]; and the large femoral heads minimize the risk of dislocation [14,15]. It is currently estimated resurfacing arthroplasty accounts for up to 9% to 11% of all THAs in countries where this technology has been readily available for the last 5 years [12,23,35,50,[62][63][64].…”