Forty Year Follow-up on Reinhold Ganz’s PAO Procedure

By Robin YoungNovember 13, 2026 1 min read Premium comments

Professor Reinhold Ganz, inventor of the PAO procedure / Source: Courtesy of the King Faisal Prize Award Committee

Hip dysplasiaperiacetabular osteotomyhip preservationsurvivorshipBernese PAOconversion to THAGanz

Forty years is a long time to ask a hip to keep its original equipment. For young patients with acetabular dysplasia, that is precisely the ambition of periacetabular osteotomy (PAO).

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