Book Review: The Adult Hip – Hip Preservation Therapy

Editors: John C. Clohisy, MD, Paul E. Beaule, MD, Craig J. Della Valle, MD, John C. Callaghan, MD, Aaron G. Rosenberg, MD, and Harry E. Rubash, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer – Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Hip preservation surgery has been around for decades. Still practiced in many countries, some doctors and patients however, opt for hip replacement surgery, sometimes termed endoprosthetic arthroplasty, in the developed (and some developing) countries. Patients, who suffer from painful arthritis due either to mechanical or inflammatory reasons, typically opt for hip replacement surgery. “Until recently though, the practice (hip...

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