Rachel M. Clancy and Ronald M. Zuker Summary Before embarking on any lower extremity treatment intervention, not only must an accurate hands-on physical examination be performed but an in-depth history…
Joon Pio Hong and Geoffrey G. Hallock Summary For a myriad of reasons, the lower extremity may be considered the most challenging of all body regions to reconstruct. Do not…
Shaun D. Mendenhall, Nicole A. Zelenski, Oded Ben-Amotz, Stephen J. Kovach, and L. Scott Levin Summary If salvage of a lower extremity is the chosen path, any reconstruction will require…
David L. Colen and Lawrence B. Colen Summary Proper initial assessment of the peripheral vascular status of the impaired lower limb should never be overlooked, as a balance between the…
Matthew W. Tetreault, Roshan P. Shah 25 Osteonecrosis of the Hip Epidemiology I. Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is synonymous with avascular necrosis (AVN). II. Incidence: Twenty thousand to…
Robert Axel Sershon, Joshua Alan Bell 26 Septic Arthritis of the Hip Native Hip I. Background 1 – 6 : Septic arthritis of the hip is a relatively rare condition…
Yale A. Fillingham, Matthew Colman 24 Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Hip Benign I. Enneking staging system for benign bone tumors 1 : The staging system for benign bone…
Hassan Alosh 23 Synovial Proliferative Disorders Synovial Chondromatosis I. Demographics: Intra-articular cartilaginous bodies that break off into individual nodules that can calcify. A 2:1 male-to-female occurrence. 1 , 2 The…
David J. Kaufman 22 Hip Rehabilitation Assessment of Gait Abnormalities I. A thorough physical examination and knowledge of anatomy are key to directing physical therapy (PT) for the painful hip….
Brett R. Levine 21 Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Etiology I. Instability (22.5% of revision cases in 2005–2006 1 and 17.3% of revision cases in 2009–2013 2 ): Dislocation is often…
