The two techniques provide no different pain control capacity. The periarticular multimodal drug injection was associated with lower rates of vomiting and pruritus.

Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Multimodal drug injection decreases pain level, reduces morphine consumption in the early postoperative period and prolongs the analgesic effect compared to single anesthetic drug. One may consider using single anesthetic agent only in patients who have high risk of opioid or NSAIDs side effect.

This study compared the femoral stem revision and loosening rates in primary total hip arthroplasty between 2 different approaches and stem designs. Recent reports comparing the direct anterior approach with either the posterior or lateral approach showed that patients undergoing the direct anterior approach have less pain and an accelerated functional recovery in the early postoperative period. After converting to an anterior approach, the authors observed an increased rate of femoral stem revision. From 2003 to 2009, a posterior or lateral approach was used to insert 514 stems of 2 designs. These cases included the use of an extensively coated cobalt-chrome stem (n=232) or a straight, dual-tapered, proximally porous-coated titanium stem (n=282). In the following years, from 2009 to 2012, 594 short, proximally coated, titanium tapered-wedge stems were inserted through a direct anterior approach. The revision rates of femoral stems inserted through a posterior approach or a lateral approach were compared with those inserted via a direct anterior approach. No stem revisions occurred in the posterior approach group or the lateral approach group, and 5 stems were revised in the anterior approach group for periprosthetic fracture or aseptic loosening (0.8%). Significantly more stem revisions occurred after the use of the new stem design and a direct anterior approach (P=.04).