There are several surgical approaches to hip replacement surgery and each is effective.
Outpatient posterior hip replacement.
Total hip replacement today can be performed safely as an outpatient surgical procedure with an innovative and highly successful technique.
Only patients who have excellent overall health and sufficient upper body strength to function independently will be considered for outpatient total hip replacement.
There are risks of joint replacement and not every patient is a good candidate for this surgical procedure.
An outpatient hip replacement is also called a same day hip replacement.
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This surgical video features a posterior total hip replacement.
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Your surgeon will determine which surgical approach is best for.
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No difference in outcomes between anterior and posterior surgical approaches for outpatient total hip replacement outcomes were equivalent for patients who had a total hip replacement with either an anterior incision approach or a posterior incision approach according to an analysis of data from a matched group of patients who were treated at.
During surgery your doctor makes an incision in the front of your hip to reach the hip joint.
An anterior hip replacement approach can enable patients with arthritis of the hip to have surgery in the morning and actually go home in the afternoon on the same day.
Anterior hip replacement is a common type of total hip replacement.
One study comparing anterior and posterior approaches in the same patient one hip was posterior and one hip was anterior shows the patient preferred the anterior approach.
The infection rates are also historically lower in outpatient surgery centers and patient satisfaction is higher.
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During a same day hip replacement the whole procedure admittance surgery discharge happens in less than 24 hours.
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The risks of outpatient joint replacement surgery.