Clinical Considerations for Return to Driving a Car following a Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review

Table 4

THA summary of surgical procedures.

Study	Approach	Femoral size	Cemented	Prosthesis	Anesthesia	Postoperative care
Abbas et al. [11]	Posterior	—	—	—	—	Precautions; day 1 = WBAT gait training
Batra et al. [12]	Anterior bikini	28, 32, and 36 mm	Both	Smith and nephews	—	PT
Carlile et al. [13]	Stemmed prosthesis	—	—	—	—	—
Ganz et al. [17]	Posterior	—	Cemented or hybrid	—	Spinal	Precautions; day 1 = partial to WBAT; cane at discharge
Hernandez et al. [18]	Muscle sparing	Modern press-fit	—	—	Spinal	Rapid mobilization
Jordan et al. [21]	Transgluteal	—	Hybrid	—	—	Highly variable
Qurashi et al. [29]	Lateral with SuperPATH	—	No	Metal or ceramic on polyethylene	—	No precautions; PT
Rondon et al. [9]	; ;	—	—	—	—	PT until discharge
Ruel et al. [30]	Posterior	—	—	—	—	Day 1 = ambulate with walker. PT and progression

WBAT: weight-bearing as tolerated; PT: physical therapy.