Surgical Approach and Hip Laterality Affect Accuracy of Acetabular Component Placement in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty.

CONCLUSION: The anterior approach improved target abduction, anteversion, and medialization compared to the direct lateral approach. Significant differences in component positioning were found in both approaches based on the surgeons dominant and non-dominant side.
PMID: 31524283 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Surgical Technology International - September 17, 2019 Category: Surgery Tags: Surg Technol Int Source Type: research