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SUBMITTER: Lancaster A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9184889 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lancaster Alex A Treu Emily E Gililland Jeremy J Anderson Lucas L
Arthroplasty today 20220607
As surgeons' comfort with the direct anterior approach (DAA) for total hip arthroplasty continues to increase, there is a growing interest in performing complex surgeries through this approach. Acetabular bone loss and/or pelvic discontinuity in the primary or revision setting often requires specialized implants such as a cup-cage construct. We describe our surgical technique for implanting modified cup-half cages through the DAA and show 2 case examples of how this technique was utilized in the ...[more]