Papers presented at the Annual Meetings of the Hip Society 2012: Editorial comment.

摘要

This symposium is composed of selected papers delivered at the Fall 2011 Closed Meeting of The Hip Society in New Albany, OH, USA, and the Open Scientific Meeting of The Hip Society on Specialty Day at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Francisco, CA, USA. These meetings focused on current basic and clinical research related to novel biomaterials and alternative bearing surfaces, outcome studies on different surgical techniques and prosthesis designs for primary and revision hip arthroplasty, patient characteristics that may influence clinical outcome, and hip-preserving procedures.