ArticleInternational orthopaedics2016
In-hospital cost comparison between the standard lateral and supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip surgical techniques for total hip replacement.
Article in International orthopaedics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03746925 (Randomized Control Trial Comparing Short-term Outcomes After Direct Anterior and SuperPATH Approaches), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Randomized Control Trial Comparing Short-term Outcomes After Direct Anterior and SuperPATH Approaches
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the SuperPATH Approach in Hip Arthroplasty.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of the early clinical efficacy of the SuperPath approach versus the modified Hardinge approach in total hip arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Trial
- Supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip (SuperPath) versus posterolateral total hip arthroplasty in bilateral osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a pilot clinical trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Trial
- Comparison of supercapsular percutaneously assisted approach total hip versus conventional posterior approach for total hip arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2017Trial
- Superpath is Superior to Posterolateral Approach for Hemiarthroplasty in Geriatric Patients with High Risk for Dislocation.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- SuperPATH-Current Status of Evidence and Further Investigations: A Scoping Review and Quality Assessment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The Supercapsular Percutaneously Assisted Total Hip (SuperPATH) Approach Revisited: Technique Improvements after the Perioperative Experience of 344 Cases.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Radiographic results on acetabular cup placement with the SuperPath technique: a retrospective study of 756 cases.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Supercapsular Percutaneously-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Elderly With Femoral Neck Fractures: A Meta-analysis.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2022Review
- Two year follow up of supercapsular percutaneously assisted total hip arthroplasty.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Less blood loss in supercapsular percutaneously assisted versus posterolateral total hip arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip (SuperPath) versus mini-incision posterolateral total hip arthroplasty for hip osteoarthritis: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Supercapsular percutaneously assisted total hip arthroplasty versus conventional posterior approach: Comparison of early functional results.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2020Article
- Total hip arthroplasty performed with a tissue-preserving technique using superior capsulotomy.International orthopaedics · 2018Observational
- [Comparison of effectiveness between SuperPATH approach and posterolateral approach in total hip arthroplasty].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2018Article
- SuperPath: The Direct Superior Portal-Assisted Total Hip Approach.JBJS essential surgical techniques · 2017Article
- In-hospital costs for total hip replacement performed using the supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip replacement surgical technique.International orthopaedics · 2017Article
- Röttinger approach with dual-mobility cup to improve functional recovery in hip osteoarthritis patients: biomechanical and clinical follow-up.International orthopaedics · 2017Article
- [Comparison of early effectiveness between SuperPATH approach and Hardinge approach in total hip arthroplasty].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2017Article
- Early surgical and functional outcomes comparison of the supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip and traditional posterior surgical techniques for total hip arthroplasty: protocol for a randomized, controlled study.Annals of translational medicine · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to compare the in-hospital costs associated with the tissue-sparing supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip (SuperPath) and traditional Lateral surgical techniques for total hip replacement (THR).
methodsBetween April 2013 and January 2014, in-hospital costs were reviewed for all THRs performed using the SuperPath technique by a single surgeon and all THRs performed using the Lateral technique by another surgeon at the same institution.
resultsOverall, costs were 28.4% higher in the Lateral group. This was largely attributable to increased costs associated with transfusion (+92.5%), patient rooms (+60.4%), patient food (+62.8%), narcotics (+42.5%), physical therapy (+52.5%), occupational therapy (+88.6%), and social work (+92.9%). The only costs noticeably increased for SuperPath were for imaging (+105.9%), and this was because the SuperPath surgeon performed intraoperative radiographs on all patients while the Lateral surgeon did not.
conclusionsThe use of the SuperPath technique resulted in in-hospital cost reductions of over 28%, suggesting that this tissue-sparing surgical technique can be cost-effective primarily by facilitating early mobilisation and patient discharge even during a surgeon's initial experience with the approach.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.