With the direct anterior approach gaining in popularity, it is important to appreciate
the complications that are specific to it. The authors outline these potential complications
and offer advice on the ways and the techniques to avoid them. This information is
especially useful to the surgeon considering using this approach for the first time
or to the surgeon who may already have encountered some of these complications as
a result of using this approach.
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