There is renewed interest in the news and medical world lately regarding surgical approaches to hip replacement specifically anterior through the front of the hip versus posterior through the back of the hip methods.
Posterior hip replacement surgery.
Then they replace the joint with.
This surgical video features a posterior total hip replacement.
This incision typically starts at the top of the pelvic bone iliac crest and extends down toward the top of the thigh.
The patient has osteoarthritis o.
During surgery your doctor makes an incision in the front of your hip to reach the hip joint.
Posterior hip replacement is a minimally invasive hip surgery performed to replace the hip joint.
Salyapongse touches on later recovery sharing that some studies show that even at 6 weeks anterior hip surgery patients are still doing better than the posterior hip patients.
Panek twin cities orthopedics orthopedic surgeon.
But as time goes on anterior and posterior hip replacement patients both do very well.
Anterior hip replacement is a common type of total hip replacement.
The most obvious difference between anterior and posterior hip replacement surgeries is the location of the incisions.
The average hip replacement lasts 20 30 years or more.