Preoperative 3-dimensional reconstruction for hip injury

In select cases of elderly acetabular fracture, Mayo orthopedic surgeons perform an innovative early total hip arthroplasty (ETHA). In ETHA, 2 surgical procedures are completed in a single operation, which is less disruptive to quality of life and reduces the deconditioning seen in serial procedures. The first of 3 images from a 79-year-old woman who underwent ETHA at Mayo for injury to the right hip sustained when she fell off a step shows, A, preoperative 3-dimensional reconstruction.