Instructional Course Lectures, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Neuromuscular Disease

Patients who have neuromuscular disease may need a hip replacement for two general reasons: either the disease process (for example, cerebral palsy or myelomeningocele) has led to dysplasia of the hip, which in turn has evolved into degenerative joint disease, or the degenerative joint disease has developed independently of the neurological condition (for example, Parkinson disease).