Fashioning a new greater trochanter for unusual Charnley low friction arthroplasties.
In cases of conversion of hips with bony ankylosis to the Charnley low friction arthroplasty where the greater trochanter is nonexistent, the new trochanteric fragment, with the attached abductors, can be fashioned from the outer aspect of the femoral shaft and neck.
D001178:Arthroplasty; D006615:Hip / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans