Shaw, who has had both hips replaced, knows it's better. She had a posterior hip replacement on her right side in 2003 before her anterior approach in August.

We should also recall that the posterior approach for hip replacement was considered more challenging (and complication prone) than its forbearer, the transtrochanteric approach during its wide ...

Nationally, the rate of dislocation from a posterior hip approach is between 1 and 3 percent. With the anterior approach, Nelson said, it's between zero and 1 percent in most studies.