Osteoarthritis of the hip. A survey of treatment.
Of 2,712 Board certified orthopedic surgeons selected from the directory of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1,683 (62.1%) responded to a mailed questionnaire concerning their preferred treatment for osteoarthritis of the hip in a specified active 53-year-old man. A Müller total hip arthroplasty was the most frequently performed operation in 1973; only 23 per cent of the respondents considered osteotomy the preferred treatment.
D001174:Arthrodesis; D001178:Arthroplasty; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002568:Certification; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007325:Institutional Practice; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy; D011331:Private Practice