Pocket Book of Orthopedics

Posterior approach to the hip joint, as the routine posterior Southern Approach was being condemned for its dislocation rate. Hence, author took active interest in devising and describing this approach with the help of one of the biomedical engineers who was associated with the then famous Sir John Charnley. Used this approach till today with complete satisfaction and would not hesitate to recommend it to the younger generation of Orthopedic Surgeons. To know and find out what happens to the pseudojoint after such a simple operation like excision of the trapezium which gave a very good clinical result in the elderly.