AAOS/AAHKS Total Hip Arthroplasty: From Primary to Revision 2011

This exciting 3 day intensive course combines an intensive didactic and hands-on surgical experience exploring total hip arthroplasty. The focus is on the practical aspects of current approaches to performing both primary and revision hip arthroplasty. A uniquely selected faculty has been assembled to provide the attendees with a state of the art summary of what is both new as well as useful in the field. Small group hands-on training help facilitate what is discussed in the didactic sessions. The registrant will update his/her knowledge of preoperative planning for both primary and revision THR, as well as recognition of and methods to deal with problems following THR such as dislocation, infection, fracture or osteolysis. This unique lab setting allows exposure to new methods of performance of primary THR including surgical approaches as well as the opportunity to learn the latest techniques of managing difficult femoral and acetabular revision surgery. Daily working lunches allow attendees to bring their own cases for discussion among the highly experienced faculty.

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to:

-Learn the basics of preoperative planning for primary total hip arthroplasty including approach, bearing options and the role of modern resurfacing as well as traditional total hip

-Apply what is discussed in lecture to the lab setting and perform a primary THR through an extensile surgical approach which could be expanded in a revision setting

-Identify the various complications following total hip arthroplasty including fracture, dislocation, periprosthetic osteolysis and infection. The participants will be guided in currently accepted methods of diagnosis and treatment of these conditions

-Preoperatively plan for revision total hip arthroplasty including identifying the optimal approach to implant and or cement removal and determining which type of reconstruction