LAS VEGAS — Presented results showed patients who underwent Girdlestone resection arthroplasty had poor physical outcome scores, with only a moderate effect on mental health and social interaction.
“We all know that mental health is something that is so important and so vital to our well-being, nowadays. We used to just look at physical health,” Antonia F. Chen, MD, told Healio.
Chen and colleagues from Duke University performed a multicenter, prospective study of 35 patients who underwent Girdlestone resection arthroplasty for any indication between 1995 and 2021. The results