Berger, who performed the first two-incision minimally invasive surgery (MIS) total hip arthroplasty (THA) in 2001, cited some single-incision techniques that he said can lead to either ...

The surgical approach for total hip arthroplasty continues to be a controversial topic among joint replacement surgeons. Traditional approaches, such as the posterior approach and the ...

During a total hip replacement, your surgeon will perform the following ... Posterior hip replacement—The incision is on the side and back of your hip. With the posterior approach, your surgeon has a ...

Total hip replacement is extremely common with more than 300,000 surgeries performed in the U.S. each year. Traditionally, most THRs have been done through a posterior approach, where the surgeon ...

Low-risk patients undergoing a total hip replacement with a posterior approach can skip the standard hip precautions currently recommended for post-surgical recovery, according to a new study.

The anterior approach is an increasingly popular approach to total hip replacement ... The anterior approach is unique to the posterior approach in that the anterior approach advances through ...

The anterior approach to hip arthroplasty is slightly riskier than the posterior or lateral approaches ... approach may help inform decisions for total hip arthroplasty," write Daniel Pincus ...

An anterior hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which damaged bones in your hip joint are replaced with an artificial hip (total hip ... incision behind (posterior approach) or on the ...

Opens in a new tab or window Most common types of hip ... approach (MIS-ALA), posterior approach (PA), minimally invasive posterior approach (MIS-PA), and supercapsular percutaneously assisted ...