L-shaped caliper for limb length measurement during total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 966-969

  Shiramizu, K ^a   Naito, M ^a   Shitama, T ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Shitama, H ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CALIPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BONE LENGTHENING; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4544365811     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B7.14587     Document Type: Article

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