Comparing the Early Functional Outcome between Lateral and Posterior Approaches in Bipolar Hip Arthroplasty

Degenerative hip joint of diseases can cause physical inability and pain in patients. Hip arthroplasty is a standard and successful method for improving quality of life and reducing the cost of treatment for these patients. A number of surgical approaches to the hip joint exist, include direct anterior, lateral and posterior. Considering to efforts for evaluating the functional problems of these patients, the aim of this study is to comparison the functional results of the lateral and posterior procedure in hip arthroplasty, in order to determine the preferred method with the best functional results.

A total of 50 patients then randomly are divided into two groups: first lateral classical method and second Classic posterior. Patient demographic information, history of preoperative disease and postoperative complications were collected. The patients were assessed with the Harris Hip Score (HHS) at 6 month follow-up visit to evaluate functional outcome. The results of treatment patients were evaluated in 1 and 6 months after the surgery.

HHS index in the lateral and posterior groups 99.2 and 99.2 was reported respectively at 6 months after the intervention there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Also, the mean range of motation score in the lateral and posterior groups 298 And 299 Was reported respectively at 6 months after the intervention that there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups.

The findings of this study showed that there is no significant difference between the results of two methods of lateral and posterior surgery.