The Potential Benefits of Anterior Approach - Total Hip Replacement
A recent trend in total hip replacement surgery has been to perform the surgical
procedure through smaller, less-invasive approaches.
This idea has been evolved in order
to perform the hip...
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The Potential Benefits of Anterior Approach - Total Hip Replacement
A recent trend in total hip replacement surgery has been to perform the surgical
procedure through smaller, less-invasive approaches.
This idea has been evolved in order
to perform the hip replacement procedure with less disruption to the surrounding muscles
and soft-tissues.
It is hoped that patients will have less pain and a faster recovery by
performing hip replacement through smaller incisions, with less soft-tissue dissection.
The anterior approach for total hip replacement is a tissue-sparing alternative to
traditional hip replacement surgery that provides the potential for less pain, faster
recovery and improved mobility because the muscle tissues are spared during the surgical
procedure.
The technique allows the orthopedic surgeon to operate between your muscles
and tissues without detaching them from either the hip or thighbones, thus sparing the
tissue from trauma.
Keeping the muscles or tendons intact m
Less
