The AAHKS Clinical Research Award: No Evidence for Superior Patient-Reported Outcome Scores After Total Hip Arthroplasty With the Direct Anterior Approach at 1.5 Months Postoperatively, and Through a 5-Year Follow-Up

摘要

Background: The direct anterior approach to total hip arthroplasty (THA) may result in superior early postoperative patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). This study compared PROMs between THA patients treated with the direct anterior or posterolateral approach between 1.5 months and 5 years, using literature-derived patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) and minimal clinically important improvement (MCII) thresholds.