However there is significant controversy over the optimal muscle sparing approach.
Direct anterior hip replacement.
Mini posterior approach mpa or direct anterior approach daa.
Total hip arthroplasty is a common surgery with more than 330 000 procedures performed in the united states every year.
This approach involves a 3 to 4 inch incision on the front of the hip that allows the joint to be replaced by moving muscles aside along their natural tissue planes without detaching any tendons.
Direct superior approach.
This approach often results in quicker recovery less pain and more.
Then they replace the joint with.
During surgery your doctor makes an incision in the front of your hip to reach the hip joint.
Direct anterior hip replacement is a minimally invasive surgical technique.
For example a study of 505 anterior hip replacements and 1288 posterior hip replacements found that 7 1 4 of the anterior hip patients had wound healing problems compared to 5 0 2 of the.
Total hip arthroplasty with the direct anterior approach has gained in popularity and residents and fellows are increasingly exposed to this technique during training.
When performing a hip replacement your surgeon can get to the hip joint from the front from the side or from the back.
Research suggests that people who undergo anterior hip replacement may be more likely to have a problem with wound healing particularly infection.