Recent advances in the direct anterior approach to total hip arthroplasty: a surgeon's perspective.
Yasuhiro HommaTomonori BabaTaiji WatariKoju HayashiHideo KobayashiMikio MatsumotoYu OzakiHironori OchiYuta JinnaiSeiya IshiiHiroki TanabeYuichi ShiroganeXu ZhuangTakahito YuasaKazuo KanekoMuneaki IshijimaPublished in: Expert review of medical devices (2023)
The DAA is established as one of exemplary approaches to THA. The use of fluoroscopy, the traction table, and appropriate soft tissue management has become essential in the DAA for a safe and trouble-free procedure with adequate patient comfort. With the combination of recent technologies such as robotics, three-dimensional preoperative planning, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based surgeon assist systems, we can look forward to the DAA being performed more efficiently in the future.