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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Comparison of primary total hip replacements performed with a direct anterior approach versus the standard lateral approach: perioperative findings Sanjay Meena Received: 10 October 2011 / Accepted: 13 March 2012 / Published online: 5 April 2012 Ó The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Sir, We read with interest the article entitled ‘‘Comparison of primary total hip replacements performed with a direct anterior approach versus the standard lateral approach: perioperative findings’’ by Alecci et al. [1] and congratu- late the authors for this excellent study. However, there are some concerns: 1. The authors have not stated whether all the replace- ments were cemented, uncemented, or both, as mini- mally invasive surgery is more suited for uncemented [2]. 2. The authors have also overlooked the difference in rehabilitation time after surgery or analgesic require- ments between the two groups. It would be helpful if the authors elaborated on the above-mentioned concerns. Conflict of interest There is no conflict of interest for this work. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, dis- tribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. References 1. Alecci V, Valente M, Crucil M, Minerva M, Pellegrino C-M et al (2011) Comparison of primary total hip replacements performed with a direct anterior approach versus the standard lateral approach: perioperative findings. J Orthop Traumat 12:123–129 2. Breusch SJ, Malchau H (2005) The well-cemented total hip arthroplasty—theory and practice, 1 edn. Springer Medizin Verlag, Berlin, 1–15 S. Meena Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India S. Meena (&) L-139, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi 110076, India e-mail: [email protected] 123 J Orthopaed Traumatol (2012) 13:115 DOI 10.1007/s10195-012-0190-2
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Comparison of primary total hip replacements performedwith a direct anterior approach versus the standard lateralapproach: perioperative findings
Sanjay Meena
Received: 10 October 2011 / Accepted: 13 March 2012 / Published online: 5 April 2012
� The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Sir,
We read with interest the article entitled ‘‘Comparison of
primary total hip replacements performed with a direct
anterior approach versus the standard lateral approach:
perioperative findings’’ by Alecci et al. [1] and congratu-
late the authors for this excellent study. However, there are
some concerns:
1. The authors have not stated whether all the replace-
ments were cemented, uncemented, or both, as mini-
mally invasive surgery is more suited for uncemented
[2].
2. The authors have also overlooked the difference in
rehabilitation time after surgery or analgesic require-
ments between the two groups.
It would be helpful if the authors elaborated on the
above-mentioned concerns.
Conflict of interest There is no conflict of interest for this work.
Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, dis-
tribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original
author(s) and the source are credited.
References
1. Alecci V, Valente M, Crucil M, Minerva M, Pellegrino C-M et al
(2011) Comparison of primary total hip replacements performed
with a direct anterior approach versus the standard lateral
approach: perioperative findings. J Orthop Traumat 12:123–129
2. Breusch SJ, Malchau H (2005) The well-cemented total hip
arthroplasty—theory and practice, 1 edn. Springer Medizin Verlag,
Berlin, 1–15
S. Meena
Department of Orthopaedics,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
S. Meena (&)
L-139, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi 110076, India
e-mail: [email protected]
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J Orthopaed Traumatol (2012) 13:115
DOI 10.1007/s10195-012-0190-2
