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We seek to identify the complication rate among the anterior, direct lateral and posterior surgical approaches.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We reviewed all THAs performed at the Epworth Healthcare from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016. There were 2437 THAs performed by a variety of approaches. No hips were excluded from this study.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>We surveyed the hospital database and the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) to identify those patients who had been readmitted and\/or reoperated on. Details collected included age, gender, laterality of the surgery (left\/right\/bilateral), surgical approach utilised, complications which occurred.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>There were 29 peri-prosthetic fractures detected (13 anterior, 9 lateral, 7 posterior) and 10 underwent revision of implant, 19 were fixed. The increased rate of revision in the anterior group was statistically significant.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>There were 14 dislocations (5 anterior, 1 lateral, 8 posterior) of which 8 prostheses were revised.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Three cases operated\u00a0via the anterior approach and 1 by the lateral had early subsidence without fracture, necessitating revision of the femoral prostheses.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Operative site infection occurred in 12 cases (2 anterior, 4 lateral, 6 posterior) with 6 requiring revision of implants.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The complication rates between the 3 main approaches are similar, but individual surgeons should be vigilant for complications unique to their surgical approaches, such as femoral fractures in the anterior approach and dislocations in the posterior approach.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s42836-019-0008-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,2]],"date-time":"2019-09-02T23:05:42Z","timestamp":1567465542000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["The effect of surgical approach on early complications of total hip arthroplasty"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"1","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3841-9651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kenny","family":"Tay","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Camdon","family":"Fary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sam","family":"Patten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Robert","family":"Steele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"de Steiger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"7\u20138","key":"8_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"589","DOI":"10.1111\/ans.13598","volume":"86","author":"U Balasubramaniam","year":"2016","unstructured":"Balasubramaniam U, Dowsey M, Ma F, Dunin A, Choong P. 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