A simple method to facilitate mini-incision in total hip arthroplasty.
Surgical field illumination and visualization is the key for total hip arthroplasty through a mini-incision approach. An easy, quick, and inexpensive method is described, using a conventional endoscopic light-source temporally fixed to conventional hip surgery retractors.
Suárez-Suárez
Miguel-Angel
MA
Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Cabueñes Hospital, Oviedo University, Gijón Asturias, Spain.
Murcia-Mazón
Antonio
A
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting