Short term experience with muller straight stem total hip replacement

Thirty-nine patients for whom total hip replacement using Muller straight stem prosthesis was done were studied. Preoperative planning for the choice of proper prosthesis was done and acephalosporin was given before, during and after surgery. Operations were done through lateral approach without trochanteric osteotomy except in cases with ankylosing spondylitis. The exposure was rapid through muscle planes with less bleeding and less injury