Editorial Comment: 2014 Hip Society Proceedings

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This symposium is composed of selected papers delivered at the Fall 2013 Closed Meeting of the Hip Society in Charleston, SC, USA and the Open Scientific Meeting of the Hip Society in conjunction with the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in New Orleans, LA, USA. These meetings presented exciting new clinical and applied research on subjects highly relevant to surgeons performing reconstructive procedures of the hip. New information was reported on the diagnosis and treatment of arthroplasty infection, complications of metal-on-metal (MoM) articulations and modular junctions, midterm outcome studies on newer technologies such as crosslinked polyethylene, porous metals and joint-preserving procedures, and longer-term outcomes with different prosthesis designs and surgical techniques.

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