Nontraumatic Soft-Tissue Disorders

Total hip arthroplasty using a combined anterior and posterior approach via a lateral incision in patients with ankylosed hips

“…In our study, the Harris hip score improved by a mean of 35 points. This is marginally greater than the improvement reported by Bhan and colleagues ( 33.1), 16 Kim and colleagues (26.9) 18 and Abdel-Aal and colleagues (34), 19 and markedly greater than the improvement reported by Rajaratnam and colleagues (13). 22 However, the improvement in our study is notably lower than that reported by Bangjian and colleagues (71).…”

“…12,13 However, it can result in massive bleeding and has a relatively long operative duration. Furthermore, fixation of the greater trochanter is difficult, heterotopic ossification is severe, postoperative local pain occurs, bursitis of the greater trochanter can develop, and the rate of trochanteric nonunion following the transtrochanteric approach has been reported to be 0.8%-5%.…”