Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement Means Faster Recovery

Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement Means Faster Recovery

Source: Birmingham MedicalNews

The vast majority of surgeons use the posterior approach for hip replacement, entering at the butt and cutting through the large gluteus maximus muscle, then detaching the deep muscles, as well as the small muscles controlling hip rotation, to reach the hip joint. Its major surgery, with muscle cut from the bone and an extensive recovery period, but it's been the preferred method, in large part, because the hip joint is well exposed.

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