Surgical Approaches for Hip Resurfacing-Explaining the anterior approach and the posterior approach
Peter Brooks MD
Cleveland Clinic
Most hip replacement and resurfacing surgery in the USA, about
80%, is performed through a posterior approach. About 20% of US
hip surgeons prefer some variation of an anterior approach (antero-lateral,
direct lateral, trans-gluteal, or true anterior). Anterior
approaches are also more common in Europe and Canada.
In the posterior approach, the incision, dissection, and
dislocation of the … Read the rest