...I did attend a seminar on hip replacement surgery using the anterior (small incision in the front of the hip) by Dr. Joe Locker. I know that the anterior approach is pretty much the future of hip replacements. But so far, not many orthopods are opting to change over to the new, less invasive and faster recovery procedure. Locker is among only a handful in the entire State of Florida doing the procedure. He's done about 200 hip replacements using the new anterior approach. He's also a general othopod, also specializing in kness, shoulders and sports medicine. He's a pretty impressive yoiung man.
If I didn't have a longstanding relationship with an orthpedic surgeon in Chicago (who tells me that he hasn't done a hip replacement using other than the anterior method for over three years), I'd probably use Joe Locker. Here's a link to his bio...