Leg length discrepancy in total hip arthroplasty: Comparison of two methods of measurement

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1189-1193

  Sayed Noor, Arkan S ^a   Hugo, Anders ^b   Sjödén, Göran O ^a,c   Wretenberg, Per ^b,d  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70349780027     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0633-9     Document Type: Article

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