Do Patients With Higher Preoperative Functional Outcome Scores Preferentially Seek Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty?

Background: There is focus on the direct anterior approach (DAA) for total hip arthroplasty because of perceived postoperative functional improvement. We compared baseline, short-term, and long-term outcomes between the DAA and the posterior approach focusing on baseline function. Material and metho...

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Main Authors: Wayne E. Moschetti, MD, MS, Samuel Kunkel, MD, MS, Benjamin J. Keeney, PhD, David Jevsevar, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344121000911