Evaluation of a new leg length measurement algorithm in hip arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 463, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-89

  Murphy, Stephen B ^a,b   Ecker, Timo M ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HIP; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIC GIRDLE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PELVIC BONES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 35348859183     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e318126c08f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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