Background: Although no prospective studies have compared functional results of trochanteric osteotomy and a non-trochanteric approach, most surgeons feel that trochanteric osteotomy is outdated in ...

Q. I have a severely arthritic hip. It’s pretty clear that I’m a candidate for hip replacement. When I looked on the Internet, there were a lot of Web sites promoting “anterior hip replacement.” What ...

Recent data suggest that the mini-posterior approach to minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty provides superior visualization and a low complication rate. Some surgeons, however, claim that it ...

Table 1 presents the baseline characteristics of the study population. The indication for THA differed slightly between the two groups (Table 2). In the PL group more patients had primary ...