Mike Millis, M.D., Boston Children's Hospital

Mike Millis, M.D., Boston Children's Hospital Mike Millis, M.D., Boston Children's Hospital

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The Contemporary Mechanical Theory of Osteoarthrosis in the Hip • OA in the hip usually is SECONDARY: a final common pathway of mechanicallybased degradation rather than a distinct disease

The Contemporary Mechanical Theory of Osteoarthrosis in the Hip • OA in the hip usually is secondary: mechanically-based degradation rather than a distinct disease * Major etiologic factor in hip OA: loading of the acetabular rim, by instability or impingement

The Contemporary Mechanical<br />

Theory of Osteoarthrosis in the Hip<br />

• OA in the hip usually is SECONDARY:<br />

a final common pathway of mechanicallybased<br />

degradation rather than a distinct disease

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