Is Head and Neck Resection of the Femur (Girdlestone’s Procedure) Still Relevant?

What is it about?

In the post-war years, Girdlestone developed a surgical technique for treating invalid chronic diseases of the hip, which consisted of resecting the femoral head and leaving the hip dangling. This relieved the pains and allowed a certain autonomy, at the cost of a significant limping by shortening of the limb. But since the advent of prostheses, this technique has been abandoned in developed countries. However, in low-resource countries where the hip prosthesis remains unaffordable, this technique still renders services. This is what we demonstrate through this work.

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Why is it important?

The Girdlestone's procedure remains a valid indication even in the first intention if there are not enough resources for arthroplasty

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