The role of dedicated instrumentation in total hip arthroplasty.
Tissue-sparing surgery is a surgical strategy aimed to reduce tissue damage in joint replacement. This can be achieved by reducing soft tissue trauma, performing minimally invasive access routes and limiting bone removal with implantation of conservative prostheses. In order to facilitate mini-approaches, special instrumentation was developed to avoid impingement of the soft tissues and provide an easier and more correct placement of the components. We performed an analysis of the literature and a research of the instrumentation available today, to evaluate the actual utility of dedicated tools.
Capone
Antonio
A
Orthopaedic Department, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. anto.capone@tiscali.it
Podda
Daniele
D
Civinini
Roberto
R
Gusso
Marco Italo
MI