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consequently, a lower degree of post-operative inflammation than is recorded in
traditional hip replacement surgery.
Conclusion: In the patients undergoing MIS-AL total hip replacement, post-
operative levels of CPK and CRP were significantly lower than in the patients with
standard total hip replacement. The MIS-AL technique evidently provides a more
sparing approach to soft tissues. If all indication criteria are met and the operative
technique is well mastered, the MIS-AL procedure helps provide successful outcomes
with less muscle damage and more rapid rehabilitation for people receiving hip
replacement; it has few complications and, in indicated cases, it appears to be an
approach preferable to the standard THA technique.
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