Impact of limb positioning on femoral nerve tension during minimally invasive anterolateral approach in total hip arthroplasty: a cadaveric study
The changes in spring length indicated that the femoral nerve tension progressively increased by more than 70% from hip dislocation to femur elevation with retractors. We directly demonstrated that tension on the femoral nerve increased in the modified Watson-Jones approach. These findings may contribute to recommendations regarding the surgical procedure.
Authors
- Kenichiro Saito
- Yoshinobu Uchihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-6125)
- Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0611-7552)
- Yudai Yano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-300X)
- Yasuhito Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2300-611X)
- Yusuke Inagaki
- Masakazu Okamoto
- Yusuke Miura
Institutions
- National Archives and Records Administration (US)
- Higashiosaka College & Higashiosaka Junior College (JP)
- Higashi Osaka City General Hospital (JP)
- Saiseikai Ibaraki Hospital (JP)
- Nara Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hip International
- Published
- 2026-03-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/11207000251394611
- Primary Topic
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00