This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Goldstein, W. M.
Right arrow Articles by Gordon, A. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Goldstein, W. M.
Right arrow Articles by Gordon, A. C.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 85:33-38 (2003)
© 2003 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Minimal-Incision Total Hip Arthroplasty

Wayne M. Goldstein, MD, Jill J. Branson, RN, BSN, Kimberly A. Berland, CST, FA and Alexander C. Gordon, MD

Corresponding author:
Jill J. Branson, RN, BSN
Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, 2454 Dempster, Suite 206, Des Plaines,
IL 60016. E-mail address: wmgibji@aol.com

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

The concept of minimally invasive total joint arthroplasty has recently received enormous attention from a variety of sources. The interest in this subject was clearly evident at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, with numerous technical exhibits, scientific exhibits1, paper presentations2,3, and symposia4,5 making reference to minimally invasive approaches to joint replacement surgery. Whether this represents the future of orthopaedic surgery or is just a fad is unclear, as a true definition of the term minimally invasive has not been established. The purpose of this study is to present our experience with total hip arthroplasty performed through a minimal incision.


   Materials and Methods
 
We retrospectively studied the results of 170 total hip arthroplasties performed by the senior author during a one-year time period. Eighty-five hips in seventy-six patients were operated on with use of a minimal-incision total hip arthroplasty technique (the minimal-incision group). These hips were . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Br Med BullHome page
A. Mahmood, M. S. Zafar, I. Majid, N. Maffulli, and J. Thompson
Minimally invasive hip arthroplasty: a quantitative review of the literature
Br. Med. Bull., December 1, 2007; 84(1): 37 - 48.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]