A comparison of clinical, radiographic and surgical outcomes of total hip arthroplasty between direct anterior and posterior approaches: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HIP International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 584-596

  Jia, Fangteng ^a   Guo, Bin ^b   Xu, Feixiang ^a   Hou, Yuechao ^a   Tang, Xiongfeng ^a   Huang, Lanfeng ^a  

^a THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jinzhong First People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Direct anterior approach; meta analysis; posterior approach; surgical approach; total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACETABULUM; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85059516672     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1120700018820652     Document Type: Article

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