The role of dedicated instrumentation in total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 The incidence of complication in comparative studies between standard and minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty

Authors	Surgical approach	Dedicated instrumentation	Early complications in MIS (%)	P
Woolson [8]	Post-lat	No	12	0.02
Hartzband [4]	Post-lat	Yes	0	NS
Dorr [11]	Post-lat	Yes	2.7	NS
Ogonda [7]	Post-lat	No	1.8	NS
Chimento [10]	Post-lat	Yes	1.4	NS
Berger [5]	Lateral	Yes	1	NS
O’Brien [9]	Lateral	No	6	0.02
Höwell [2]	Lateral	Yes	4	NS