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Surgical Tooling Designed For The Direct Anterior Approach To Total Hip Arthroplasty, Jon-Peter Meckel
Surgical Tooling Designed For The Direct Anterior Approach To Total Hip Arthroplasty, Jon-Peter Meckel
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Surgical Tooling Designed for the Direct Anterior Approach to Total Hip Arthroplasty Jon-Peter Meckel
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is becoming more and more common in the US as people continue to live longer and more active lives. The main reason that a THA is required is due to the “wear and tear” affliction of osteoarthritis, which in the year 2000 had at least 3% of the population over 30 showing symptoms. A revitalized approach to THA is the direct anterior approach, or Smith-Petersen approach, which limits the amount of musculature affected by the surgery and creates a very stable joint …