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Direct anterior approach hip replacement surgery is a minimally invasive form of total hip replacement that offers benefits which include less pain and faster recovery following surgery. Like traditional total hip replacement, the anterior approach is designed to achieve the same functional result – to restore the hip joint by implanting artificial components. However, the technique used with the direct anterior approach is significantly less invasive. During the procedure, your surgeon will use specialized techniques in order to cause the least amount of trauma possible to the muscles and tissues surrounding the joint.
In traditional hip replacement surgery, the procedure is performed through a large incision along the side or back of the hip, and it involves cutting through or detaching muscles and tissues around the hip joint and …
Read complete story here: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/middletown/sections/amazing-women/articles/woman-climbs-mountains-4-months-after-anterior-hip-replacement-with-dr-bert-parcells-seaview-orthopaedics
NEW JERSEY– Only four months after receiving an anterior hip replacement, Arabella D., 23 years old of Middlesex County, climbed and submitted multiple Icelandic peaks –a feat which previously was impossible for her…
…Arabella suffered a severe hip fracture when she was 12 years old…
…she was greatly limited by the pain she experienced on a daily basis. In November of 2018, she decided she was ready to break through her disability…
…Dr. Parcells, of Seaview Orthopaedic and Medical Associates, is one of the busiest anterior hip replacement surgeons at both Monmouth Medical Center and Ocean Medical Center. He performs over 95% of his hip replacements through the anterior approach because of the excellent outcomes…
…Arabella acknowledges that is rare for a 23 year old to have had a hip replacement. She thanks Dr. Parcells for understanding that her quality of life was suffering and …
By Lauren Moss| Posted: Wed 3:46 PM, Sep 04, 2019
Do you have achy knees or a bad hip and everything you have tried doesn’t relieve the pain? Then it may be time for a replacement.
There are more than a million total hip and knee replacements done in the U.S. every year, and that number is expected to rise to 4 million by 2030.
One type of replacement surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is getting patients recovering quicker and back to their normal activities faster without any limitations.
Sixty-three-year-old Dana Potts didn’t start running competitively until his late 50s.
“When I got older, I just ran 5Ks and 10Ks,” he said.
His short-distance running abilities landed him at state finals, where he won gold. But his constant training landed him in need of a hip replacement.
“I was shocked, because I’ve never been operated on, …
Original Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883540319307120
by JorisBongersMDaKatrijnSmuldersPhDbMarc W.NijhofMD, PhDa
The increasing prevalence of obesity has resulted in an increased number of revision total hip arthroplasties (rTHAs) performed in patients with a high body mass index (BMI)…
…Conclusion
In our study, severe obesity was associated with an increased risk of infection following RevisionTHA. Patients with high BMI should be counseled appropriately before surgery.
Read Full Article Here: https://ryortho.com/breaking/more-infection-with-direct-anterior-hip-cases/
By: Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. • Fri, July 12th, 2019
New work from NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases and NYU Langone Medical Center has examined the impact of using the direct anterior (DA) versus other total hip arthroplasty (THA) approaches on the risk of prosthetic joint infection (PJI)…
…“Practically speaking, we tell our patients the following based on this work and the work of several others that concur (some out of the Mayo Clinic and out of Anderson Clinic) that with the anterior approach there is a higher risk of superficial wound infection after THA. Specifically, with our obese patients of BMI > 40 we recommend against anterior approach surgery citing higher deep PJI rates in this group likely due to larger overhanging pannus. Patients should know that there are risks and benefits to everything including approaches regardless of the marketing and significant hype regarding …
Only a few small studies have been published on pregnancies after total hip replacement…
…The aim of our study was to evaluate whether maternal total hip replacement affects pregnancy outcomes on a population-based level…
…Neonates born after maternal total hip replacement have an increased risk of stillbirth, small for gestational age, low birthweight and preterm birth. Trial of labor is more likely to end in emergency cesarean section.
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Original Story Here: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/Hip-Replacement-Gives-Life-Back-To-Frisco-Grandmother-510093231.html
…A Frisco grandmother said she’s proof that a single trip to the right doctor can change your life. 78-year-old Delores Elam said she has big plans plans now that she’s no longer bound to the wheelchair she’s used for the past two years…
Dr. Hopkins did Delores total hip replacement surgery. She said she was walking within an hour of surgery and hadn’t walked in two years.
According to the Mayo Clinic, an estimated 2.5 million have undergone total hip arthroplasty (THA) and are living with implants.…
Study Finds 60% of Hip Implants Last 25 Years. After reviewing thousands of case studies going back 25 years across six countries, researchers at the University of Bristol say they indicate that eight out of 10 total knee replacements (TKRs) and six out of 10 total hip replacements (THEs) will still be in place after 25 years.
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