Recent advances in artificial hip-joint replacement.

In Western society arthritis of the hip is a fairly common condition in the elderly. At an advanced stage of this condition, surgical treatment is almost always necessary. The various surgical options can be divided into the so-called "biological procedures" and "replacement". The various biological or conservative operations have failed, in large part, to stand the tests of time and predictability, and have fallen by the wayside. It is worthwhile to describe briefly some of these earlier procedures.