Patients Preferred a Mini-Posterior Total Hip Arthroplasty Over a Contralateral Two-Incision Total Hip Arthroplasty: Results in Patients Treated with the Same Anesthetic and Rehab Protocol

Much attention has been given to the purported early functional benefits of a so-called two-incision total hip arthroplasty (THA) approach. Most of the reports to date, however, are on selected patients who were treated with advanced anesthetic and rehabilitation protocols that make comparison with historical data difficult. We have had a broad experience with the two-incision THA and now have a subgroup of patients who have had a two-incision THA on one side and a mini-posterior THA done on the contralateral side with the same anesthetic and rehabilitation protocol.