title: Removal of a well-fixed metal-metal hip resurfacing acetabular component.
abstract: Well-fixed metal-metal hip resurfacing components are removed for infection, instability, or hypersensitivity reactions. This article presents a technique for removal of a porous resurfacing acetabular component with minimal bone loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina, 3151 Bioinformatics Building, CB 7055, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. paul_lachiewicz@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Lachiewicz