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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 80:1858 (1998)
© 1998 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

HIP SURGERY. MATERIALS AND DEVELOPMENTS. Edited by Laurent Sedel and Miguel E. Cabanela. London, Martin Dunitz, 1998. £85.00, 405 pp.

Cecil H. Rorabeck, M.D.

This multiauthored book is intended to convince health-care providers of the durability, success, and cost-effectiveness of operations on the hip. Few if any areas of orthopaedic surgery have had as dramatic an impact on the functional status of patients who have osteoarthrosis of the hip as has total hip replacement. This carefully crafted book presents some of the important issues facing both hip surgeons and researchers.

The long section on biomaterials is refreshing and somewhat controversial. Much of the section focuses on metal-on-metal articulations, the role of zirconium, and the use of ceramic implants and bioactive . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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