New AAHKS Amplified Episode Out Now

Listen to the last of seven Amplified podcasts recorded around the 30^th AAHKS Annual Meeting, the Lawrence D. Dorr Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award: ”Is it Safe? Using Big Heads and Small Acetabular Components in Total Hip Arthroplasty.” Digital Health Committee Chair Stefano A. Bini, MD and member Joseph D. Maratt, MD are joined by authors Robert T. Trousdale, MD and Courtney E. Baker, MD. The discussion in this episode covers the combination of large heads and small acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty and the risk of early and long-term implant failure. The study looked at 825 patients from 2000 to 2016 with 10 year follow up. Read the abstract here. Listen to the podcast here.