Direct Anterior Approach: Risk Factor for Early Femoral Failure of Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Multicenter Study

Conclusions:
Despite claims of earlier recovery and improved outcomes with the direct anterior approach for THA, our findings indicate that that approach may confer a greater risk of early femoral failure and, along with the posterior approach, confer a greater risk of early instability compared with the direct lateral approach.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: JBJS - January 17, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Meneghini, R. M., Elston, A. S., Chen, A. F., Kheir, M. M., Fehring, T. K., Springer, B. D. Tags: Hip Scientific Articles Source Type: research