I m a very healthy long distance bicycle rider.
Anterior approach hip replacement disadvantages.
Some of these disadvantages include the following.
I had an anterior approach hip replacement.
Anterior hip replacement is a common type of total hip replacement.
An anterior hip replacement is performed from the front of your hip.
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The anterior approach lets your surgeon operate using a small incision in the front instead of the larger cuts in the side or back.
Anterior hip replacement is a modern approach and while it s growing in prevalence and patient preference it is not yet as common as posterior hip replacement.
The surgery is still relatively new and uncommon in some places in the world.
Anterior hip replacement may provide some benefits in terms of speeding the early recovery timeline although even this is a subjective debate.
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Finding a surgeon to perform an anterior approach hip replacement can be difficult.
The advantages of anterior hip replacement are.
However it was the introduction of new instrumentation allowing it to be performed using smaller incisions that has increasingly made it a viable alternative to the more popular posterior approach.
Benefits of an anterior approach hip replacement include a small incision decreased time in the hospital and a decrease in the amount of time it takes to rehabilitate.
Nevertheless although anterior hip replacement surgery procedure offers some advantages there also are a few disadvantages potential limitations associated with this approach.
Last summer i wiped out on my bike and snapped off the top of my right femur with a diagonal break.
These surgeries are sometimes called modified muscle sparing or minimally invasive procedures.
The anterior approach sometimes called the mini anterior approach or muscle sparing hip replacement has been used to some degree since the 1980s.
I m 56 years of age 6 1 and 180 pounds.
During surgery your doctor makes an incision in the front of your hip to reach the hip joint.
While anterior hip replacement has some possible advantages it is unlikely that the surgical approach is the most critical factor in determining the long term success of a hip replacement surgery.
Anterior approach for hip replacement.
While research is limited many studies seem to suggest that the risk of damage to the major nerves near the hip in particular the sciatic nerve is lower with the anterior approach than with the traditional approaches.
A patient considering anterior hip replacement surgery.
Potential disadvantages of anterior hip replacement surgery procedure.
I went with a total hip replacement.
