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Adult Reconstruction
intermediate
X-Type

Dual Mobility Hip Arthroplasty

Implant Design

A 78-year-old woman with Parkinson disease and cognitive impairment requires total hip arthroplasty for a displaced femoral neck fracture. She has poor balance and difficulty following hip precautions. The surgeon is considering a dual mobility construct to reduce dislocation risk. Regarding dual mobility hip arthroplasty:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

Dual mobility was invented by Gilles Bousquet in France in 1974; the design features a small femoral...

B

Primary indications include high dislocation risk patients (femoral neck fractures in elderly, neuro...

C

Dual mobility was invented in the United States in 2000; it uses a large metal head directly articul...

D

Intraprosthetic dislocation (IPD) is a unique failure mode where the femoral head dislocates from wi...

E

Compared to constrained liners, dual mobility preserves near-normal hip biomechanics, has lower rate...

Answer the questions to see explanations

Click T (True) or F (False) for each option