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Hip Dysplasia-Ganz Ostetomy Acetabular dysplasia
(shallow hip socket) is a significant cause of osteoarthritis in young people. Often patients from their late teens to early thirties will have pain and a limp with activity. For the patients suffering from
this form of arthritis, with women being affected at a nearly 5:1 ratio to men, they will be unable to walk distances, suffer from chronic pain and eventually be unable to work and perform the usual activities of daily
life. Patients also complain of pain interfering with their sex lives. A recently developed surgical procedure,
Ganz Osteotomy, restores the patient's normal anatomy by deepening the socket. This
allows the patient increased mobility and decreased pain enabling them to return to their active life.Osteoarthritis of the hip is a common affliction of the elderly and hip replacement is performed to
alleviate pain and improve function. Total hip replacement is an excellent solution for middle aged and elderly patients with severe hip arthritis. However, when young people, below the age of 45, are
stricken with osteoarthritis the choices are few. If an active patient at that age undergoes hip replacement they will often require 2-4 future surgeries to replace the worn out hip replacement. Bo Jackson, the
baseball and football superstar, had a hip replacement in his twenties and in less than 10 years has required several subsequent revisions and surgeries. |
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