Preparing the femur before the acetabulum does not reduce total blood loss in primary total hip replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Total hip replacement is a common and effective surgical intervention for patients with debilitating joint pain but it does represent a significant surgical intervention. For such interventions, blood loss is a potential cause of morbidity and mortality. Optimisation of surgical interventions focuses on reducing such risks. The aim of this study was to determine whether the order of surgical steps, preparing the femur before or after the acetabulum, was associated with the amount of total blood loss in total hip replacement.

Methods

We performed a retrospective study of 100 patients undergoing primary total hip replacement between 2014 and 2018. This was a before and after (interrupted time series) study around the introduction of femur first preparation for tot

SUBMITTER: Stevens JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458339 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature