Patient compliance with postoperative precautions in an unrestricted and a supine sleeping position following posterolateral total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To evaluate compliance with the precaution to sleep in a supine position following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and its impact on the other precautions.

Materials And Methods: Single-center, parallel-group, stratified, randomized trial. Patients were allocated to a Restricted Group or an Unrestricted Group.

Less Postoperative Restrictions Following Total Hip Arthroplasty With Use of a Posterolateral Approach: A Prospective, Randomized, Noninferiority Trial.

Background: Patient restrictions are prescribed after total hip arthroplasty (THA) to ensure proper healing and prevent early dislocation. It has been suggested that less or nonrestrictive protocols following THA do not lead to higher dislocation rates. Nonetheless, restrictions are still widely used.

Patient restrictions following total hip arthroplasty: A national survey.

In this prospective nation-wide web based survey we describe the current practice regarding patient restrictions following total hip arthroplasty. A web-based survey involving 20 items was developed and tested prior to administration. The questionnaire included general information, type of restrictions, specification and duration of restrictions.

Reduced patient restrictions following total hip arthroplasty: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a very common procedure in orthopedic surgery. In the Netherlands, 25,642 primary THAs were performed in 2013. Postoperative hip dislocation is one of the major complications and has been reported in 0.