La coxartrosis en los pacientes con osteopetrosis: su tratamiento quirúrgico

A case of osteopetrosis in a 22-year-old patient who consulted by pain in the left hip is presented. He was diagnosed of degenerative osteoarthritis of the left hip secondary to osteopetrosis. Initially, it was treated surgically by an osteotomy of the proximal femur. Several years later\ after the pain reappearance, the authors treated the patient by a total hip arthroplasty with satisfactory outcome.