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Anterior vs. posterior hip replacement (THR): How do you decide?
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I am writing for my husband. He is due to have the THR in a few days. A nurse friend just told us that she would never have the posterior surgery as the healing time is so much longer. He had one THR a few years ago - posterior. My husband called the dr’s office to see if he could request the anterior. PA called back and said he wasn’t a candidate for that but no reason was given. Will be having a pre-op dr appt in a few days.
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While THRs tend to be successful, they are still complex operations. Most surgeons tend to specialize in one approach (posterior, direct anterior, superpath). IMO it is much more important to have a superb surgeon who has done her preferred approach hundreds if not thousands of times than the method.
Of course, if you can find one who has done thousands of such operations and uses the method you prefer, that is the way to go.
But do not expect to ask a doctor who uses one approach to do you with one of the others. If she agreed, I would change surgeons anyway as I would not trust a surgeon who claims to do both or all three of the methods.