The most obvious difference between anterior and posterior hip replacement surgeries is the location of the incisions.
Posterior hip replacement surgery.
Anterior hip replacement surgery uses an incision at the front of the hip.
Salyapongse touches on later recovery sharing that some studies show that even at 6 weeks anterior hip surgery patients are still doing better than the posterior hip patients.
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This incision typically starts at the top of the pelvic bone iliac crest and extends down toward the top of the thigh.
The average hip replacement lasts 20 30 years or more.
But as time goes on anterior and posterior hip replacement patients both do very well.
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This surgical video features a posterior total hip replacement.
Posterior hip replacement is a minimally invasive hip surgery performed to replace the hip joint.
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The posterior approach is traditionally the most common approach used to perform total hip replacement.
During surgery your doctor makes an incision in the front of your hip to reach the hip joint.