No clinically relevant difference in patient-reported outcomes between the direct superior approach and the posterolateral or anterior approach for primary total hip arthroplasty: analysis of 37,976 primary hip arthroplasties in the Dutch Arthroplasty Registry

Background and purpose: The direct superior approach (DSA) is a modification of the posterolateral approach (PLA) for total hip arthroplasty (THA). Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) of the DSA have not been investigated previously using nationwide data. Our aim was to assess PROMs after THA...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bart van Dooren, Rinne M Peters, Liza N van Steenbergen, Richard A J Post, Harmen B Ettema, Stefan B T Bolder, B Willem Schreurs, Wierd P Zijlstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2023-10-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:https://actaorthop.org/actao/article/view/23729