Nathan Rogers, Pedro J Rullán, Ignacio Pasqualini, Shujaa T Khan, Alison K Klika, Peter A Surace, Robert M Molloy, Nicolas S Piuzzi, Michael Bloomfield
BACKGROUND: The value of robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) has yet to be determined compared to conventional manual THA (mTHA). OBJECTIVE: Evaluate 90-day inpatient readmission rates, rates of reoperation, and clinically significant improvement of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) at 1-year in a cohort of patients who underwent mTHA or rTHA through a direct anterior (DA) approach. METHODS: A single-surgeon, prospective institutional cohort of 362 patients who underwent primary THA for osteoarthritis via the DA approach between February 2019 and November 2020 were included...
February 7, 2024: Technology and Health Care: Official Journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine