TISSUE SPARING SURGICAL HIP APPROACHES

In recent years, hip replacement surgery has quietly entered a new era. The concept of tissue-sparing or “minimally invasive” surgery has been applied to hip replacement. It is important to understand that true tissue-sparing surgery does not only mean a shorter skin incision, but also sparing critical muscles and tendons surrounding the hip. It is the sparing of this underlying soft tissue which allows patients to get back on their feet within days (possibly hours) instead of weeks or months.

MicroPort Orthopedics has a number of proprietary surgical hip techniques aimed to preserve tissue and promote rapid recovery. The surgical approaches include the SuperPath®, SuperCap®, and PATH® approaches. Each approach is the result of years of hard work from multiple inspired surgeons and engineers combining their experiences, ideas, designs, and intellectual property.

For these surgical techniques as well as Direct Anterior and Anterolateral approaches, MicroPort Orthopedics offers a complete portfolio of instrumentation and implants that can accommodate each technique and every surgeon's needs in order to deliver optimal results for the patient.