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From Dr. Joel Matta – his journey to the Anterior approach hip as we know it in the US today.
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Change doesn’t come easy – especially in surgery. From the UK’s 1% adoption rate to Brazil’s decade-long fight for the right tools, surgeons at AHF 2025 revealed what it really takes to break from the old ways and bring the anterior approach to patients who need it most.
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Advocating for the anterior approach wasn’t my first time championing an unpopular idea. In the end, you can’t “win the game” if there’s no one to play against.”
“Designing and manufacturing a special table for a procedure that hardly any surgeons in the US performed, was a tough sell”
“if the hook-lift device made a very difficult anterior total hip replacement possible, would it not facilitate more standard surgeries?”
Prior to using an anterior approach for a primary hip, Dr. Matta had used the technique for a decade for selected revisions that required extensive reconstruction for acetabular bone loss.
This Letournel acetabular fracture background taught me hip and pelvis anatomy and radiology. It also made the concept and practice of considering the relative advantages of different surgical approaches natural and logical.
“Letournel was among the most impressive surgeons I had observed. His command of pelvic and acetabular fracture surgery was unmatched.”
The most effective way of transferring expertise is through practical examples. That’s why AHF 2024 places a heavy emphasis on anterior hip arthroplasty surgical cases.
Dr. Charles DeCook’s insightful presentation at AHF2023 describes how implementing manufacturing-inspired radical time transparency can make procedures easier, faster, and better.
