Why the study?
Does the surgical approach for primary THA affect the degree of skeletal muscle injury as measured by serum markers?
Population
30 nonconsecutive patients undergoing primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)
Comparison
Minimally invasive modified Watson Jones… vs Comparison among the three surgical approaches
Design
Cohort, nonrandomly enrolled
Follow-up
72 hours postoperatively
Authors
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No difference in muscle injury markers across THA approaches; leaves open whether RCTs would detect clinical outcome differences.
Does the surgical approach for primary THA affect the degree of skeletal muscle injury as measured by serum markers?
Different minimally invasive surgical approaches for primary THA result in similar degrees of skeletal muscle trauma as measured by serum enzyme markers, without causing myocardial injury.
Cohen et al. (2009) studied this question.
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