February 17, 2025

A $10.8 million multicenter clinical trial co-led by Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, an associate professor of orthopedics and director of clinical research in the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will determine if hip replacement surgery, also known as hip arthroplasty, produces better outcomes for patients ages 60 and older than simpler “internal fixation” that has been performed for decades.

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