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MicroHip Total Hip Arthroplasty Technique by Direct Anterior Approach Without the Use of a Traction Table: 5-year Results


Markus C Michel1,2

Since first publication of the direct anterior approach (DAA) technique over 5 years ago [1], surgery for total hip arthoplasty (THA) has changed around the globe. The MicroHip technique is unique, and when first introduced seemed “exotic” to many people, even though other existing approaches to the hip, such as those pioneered by Smith–Petersen and Hüter, are also anterior approaches. Awareness of the anterior approach has now completely changed. The MicroHip technique is becoming more and more popular [2], and many different DAA techniques have been published using different patient positions and technical methods, and different types of traction table.

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