Direct Anterior Approach Hip Replacement Video
You will see what takes place before during and after surgery.
Direct anterior approach hip replacement video. This video shows a hip replacement surgery where the surgeon uses the anterior approach accessing the joint from the front of the hip. The direct anterior approach is a muscle sparing approach used to place a total hip replacement. Mini posterior approach mpa or direct anterior approach daa. Maxwell langfitt md assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at wake forest baptist health discusses an anterior approach to total hip arthroplasty.
Total hip arthroplasty is a common surgery with more than 330 000 procedures performed in the united states every year. However there is significant controversy over the optimal muscle sparing approach. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Watch derick johnson do the bone joint center in holland michigan and anterior approach hip replacement surgery.
This video is of an. With this technique a h. It is used to decreased muscle injury and avoid detachment of muscles and tendons. Ajoy jana md has been using an innovative surgical technique for hip replacement known as the direct anterior approach since 2007.