Diagnostic Tools and Therapeutic Strategies for Hip Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Hip diseases include a wide range of miscellaneous disorders implying degenerative, inflammatory, and traumatic pathogenesis. Arthritis of the hip represents the most common and treated pathology, with total hip arthroplasty (THA) as the index procedure for the last 50 years. Nevertheless, new advances in diagnostic imaging tools allow us to explore the hip and whole pelvis with more precision and accuracy to achieve the goal of long-lasting prosthetic implants and a reduced risk of failure and complications. In the modern scenario of personalized medicine and precision surgery, it is mandatory to develop novel approaches to comprehend hip anatomy and its variability to improve the understanding of bone disease and the potential risks at the bone–implant interface and consequent bone loss.

In this Special Issue, titled “Diagnostic Tools and Therapeutic Strategies for Hip Diseases”, we aim to solicit manuscripts that highlight the recent developments and advances in diagnostic imaging for primary and revision reconstructive surgery, 3D modeling and printing applications for total hip arthroplasty, and finite element analysis simulation of THA failure patterns. The future treatment of hip and pelvis degenerative disease relies on regenerative medicine and bone tissue engineering, and therefore, original research and new perspectives about 3D bioprinting technologies are welcome in this collection.

Prof. Dr. Antonio Capone
Dr. Giuseppe Marongiu
Guest Editors

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• hip disease
• coxarthrosis
• arthritis
• joint inflammatory disease
• total hip arthroplasty
• hip revision surgery
• 3D printing
• 3D modeling
• advanced diagnostic imaging
• tribology
• finite element analysis