Advances in Total Hip Arthroplasty

This book provides comprehensive, evidence-based surgical principles and techniques for total hip arthroplasty (THA), covering all aspects of this procedure, including the history, biomaterials, biomechanics, surgical techniques and other important issues. Beginning with an overview of the hip joint and its anatomy, the authors detail the biomechanics of the hip joint in its various states and further discuss the properties of biomaterials in arthroplasty. The book describes the principles of su