Observational studyInternational orthopaedics2019
The anterior-based muscle-sparing approach to the hip: the "other" anterior approach to the hip.
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- Preoperative Patient Education as a Tool for Reducing Postoperative Opioid Use Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: One Institution's Experience.Arthroplasty today · 2025Article
- Comparison of outcomes and cost-effectiveness of simultaneous and staged total hip arthroplasty using the anterolateral-supine approach.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Preserving medial iliofemoral ligament avoids excessive leg lengthening in total hip arthroplasty using anterolateral-supine approach.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Hip hemiarthroplasty through the anterior based muscle sparing approach for femoral neck fractures: an operative technique.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Surgical Tips and Tricks for the Anterior-Based Muscle-Sparing Approach During Total Hip Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2024Article
- Hardware Removal and Conversion Hip Arthroplasty via a Single Interval Anterior Approach: Surgical Technique.Arthroplasty today · 2024Article
- Minimal Influence on Muscle Strength and Patient Reported Outcome Measures by Conjoined Tendon Detachment in Anterolateral Muscle-Sparing Total Hip Arthroplasty.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Does robot-assisted surgery reduce leg length discrepancy in total hip replacement? Robot-assisted posterior approach versus direct anterior approach and manual posterior approach: a propensity score-matching study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- The ABLE Anterior-Based Muscle-Sparing Approach: A Safe and Effective Option for Total Hip Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2022Article
- Association between Hip Center Position and Isokinetic Hip Muscle Performance after Anterolateral Muscle-Sparing Total Hip Arthroplasty.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Outcomes of the Supine Anterior-based Muscle-sparing Approach for Primary and Revision Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022Article
- Limited effects on patient outcomes of conjoint tendon release in anterolateral muscle-sparing total hip arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Direct anterior versus mini-anterolateral approach for primary total hip arthroplasty: early postoperative outcomes and complications.Arthroplasty today · 2020Article
- The history of Italian Orthopaedics.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Anterior-Based Muscle-Sparing (ABMS) Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty.JBJS essential surgical techniquesArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate safety, efficacy, and learning curves of anterior-based muscle-sparing total hip arthroplasty (ABMS-THA) in the supine position. Furthermore, early functional outcome was evaluated and compared to direct anterior approach (DAA) by measuring surface electromyography (sEMG).
methodsWe present a prospective cohort study of 343 hips. The safety and learning curve were assessed by recording operative time and peri-operative adverse events. For assessment of efficacy, functional and radiological outcomes were evaluated. A selected group of 32 patients have been studied by sEMG and compared to a matched group of 32 patients who received a THA using DAA approach.
resultsThere was one dislocation (0.3%); two (0.6%) patients had an intra-operative fractures of the greater trochanter; two patients (0.6%) experienced a self-limited femoral nerve palsy. Physical therapy milestones for hospital discharge were reached on an average of 1.7 days. sEMG showed that ABMS and DAA have a similar muscle recruitment pattern and functional recovery after THA. One patient was revised for infection, 16 were lost, and 326 hips were available with a median follow-up of 42 months (range 24-60). The mean Harris Hip Score (HSS) increased from 44.3 to 91.9. Ninety-six percent of the hips had a leg length discrepancy (LLD) < 5 mm. There were no radiological signs of mechanical loosening or osteolysis.
conclusionsThe ABMS approach in the supine position is clinically effective and safe; special advantages include a very low dislocation rate and a great control of LLD.
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