Muscle Damage After Total Hip Arthroplasty Done with the Two-Incision Minimally Invasive and the Mini-Posterior Techniques

Some surgeons suggest that two-incision total hips are done without cutting any muscle or tendon. To our knowledge, that claim is not supported by any published clinical or basic science data. This study quantified the amount and location of damage to the hip musculature after two-incision total hip arthroplasty and compared that with the damage after a mini-posterior hip.