Surgical approaches to total hip arthroplasty
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Treatment of Ankle Osteoarthritis with Total Ankle Replacement Through a Lateral Transfibular Approach
Published on: January 24, 2018
Daniel Kelmanovich1, Michael L Parks, Raj Sinha
1College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association
|July 29, 2003
Abstract:
Surgical exposure of the hip for trauma, infection, or reconstruction can be adequately accomplished through a variety of surgical approaches. This article describes in detail five classic approaches to the hip: Smith-Petersen (anterior), Watson-Jones (anterolateral), Hardinge (direct lateral), transtrochanteric, and posterolateral. In addition, recently described mini-incision posterior and anterior approaches are outlined.
