Abstract
The move toward minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty comes from the potential to improve postoperative pain, promote early recovery and function, as well as reduce complications such as postoperative bleeding and dislocation.
There are several approaches that have been developed including direct anterior, mini-posterior, and modified Watson-Jones approaches. This chapter will explore the history of the family of micro-superior approaches, describe the Supercapsular Percutaneously Assisted Total Hip (SuperPATH) replacement technique in detail, and present recently published outcome data.
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Chow, J.C., Della Torre, P.K., Fitch, D.A. (2016). SuperPATH and Micro-superior Total Hip Arthroplasty. In: Scuderi, G., Tria, A. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgery in Orthopedics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34109-5_135
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