Dislocation After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Posterior Approach and a Modified Lateral Approach

摘要

We appreciate Drs Khanuja and Naziri for their comments regarding our article entitled, "Dislocation after total hip arthroplasty: a randomized clinical trial of a posterior approach and a modified lateral approach" [1].In our study, the result of the posterior approach with secure repair of posterior soft tissue was better than the lateral approach in terms of postoperative dislocation.Drs Khanuja and Naziri issued that surgeon's skill and stem anteversion might have influenced the dislocation rates.In our study, all operations were done by a single surgeon who had a sufficient experience of both approaches.The stem version is an important factor for dislocation as well as the position of acetabular component. To our regret, we did not measure the stem anteversion.