A Modified Muscle Sparing Posterior Technique (SPAIRE) in Hip Hemiarthroplasty for Displaced Intracapsular Fractures.

To perform the hip surgery called hemiarthroplasty surgeons need to cut through some muscles to expose the hip joint and perform the partial replacement. Currently this often performed using a technique which involves cutting muscles and tendons from the side of the hip and this is called the lateral approach. SPAIRE is a modified technique that accesses the surgical area through a different route.

surgery in adults with a displaced intracapsular hip fracture requiring hemiarthroplasty, the standard lateral approach.