Anterior Approach Hip Replacement Table
Anterior hip replacement is a common type of total hip replacement.
Anterior approach hip replacement table. During surgery your doctor makes an incision in the front of your hip to reach the hip joint. The direct anterior approach for total hip arthroplasty has been gaining favor with surgeons and patients alike in the last several years. Surgical technique joel m. However there is significant controversy over the optimal muscle sparing approach.
Then they replace the joint with. 4 5 hana table the hana table allows the surgeon to perform total hip arthroplasty through a single anterior approach incision without detachment of muscle from the pelvis or femur. 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. Surgery is performed in ngmc s state of the art surgical suites on a customized operating table called a hana arthroplasty table which allows for precise.
The leg spars allow for hyperextension abduction adduction and external rotation of the legs. Total hip arthroplasty is a common surgery with more than 330 000 procedures performed in the united states every year. The table supports a number of procedures including the anterior approach to total hip replacements aatha hip arthroscopy hip fractures and lower limb fractures in either the supine or lateral position. A judet acrylic read more.
Director hip and pelvis institute st. A true internervous approach it offers the potential advantages of decreased muscle injury accurate component positioning low dislocation rate and faster early recovery. The table allows hyperextension abduction adduction and external rotation of the. The first hip arthroplasty performed through the anterior approach aa was done in 1947 by french surgeon robert judet with the assistance of the judet tasserit table a specialized orthopedic table.
The anterior approach sometimes called the mini anterior approach or muscle sparing hip replacement has been used to some degree since the 1980s. Anterior approach hip replacement is a less invasive surgical option for hip replacement completed through a small incision made in the front of the hip rather than to the side or the back.