Direct Anterior Approach Hip Resurfacing by Dr. Kreuzer 2013
The benefits of the Direct Anterior Approach in Hip Resurfacing is avoidance
of detaching major muscle groups from bone, a higher likelihood of maintaining
the blood supply to the remaining femoral neck, less likelihood of dislocation
as the dynamic hip stabilizer (short external rotators) is completely unaffected
(posterior approach releases all the dynamic stabilizer of the hip), and less
likelihood for the patient to experience a limp since the abductor is not
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