Founder of Naples, Fla.-based Zehr Center for Orthopaedics Robert J. Zehr, MD, completed his 500th direct anterior approach to hip surgery, according to a WINK News report.

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Robert Knowlan, MD, and Michael Meisterling, MD, are now performing anterior hip replacement surgeries at Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, Minn., and Woodwinds Health Campus in Woodbury, Minn.

A growing number of joint replacement surgeons are beginning to perform hip replacement surgery using an anterior approach instead of the traditional posterior approach because of the benefits it has for the patient as well as the provider. It can be safely performed on many patients, as long as they have a low risk of fracture and normal anatomy.