title: Congenital hip disease in adults: terminology, classification, pre-operative planning and management.
abstract: This paper reviews the current knowledge relating to the management of adult patients with congenital hip disease. Orthopaedic surgeons who treat these patients with a total hip replacement should be familiar with the arguments concerning its terminology, be able to recognise the different anatomical abnormalities and to undertake thorough pre-operative planning in order to replace the hip using an appropriate surgical technique and the correct implants and be able to anticipate the clinical outcome and the complications.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessalia, Larissa 41110, Greece. kar@med.uth.gr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karachalios
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hartofilakidis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome