Measurement of leg length discrepancy after total hip arthroplasty. the reliability of a plain radiographic method compared to CT-scanogram

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-191

  Kjellberg, Martin ^a   Al Amiry, Bariq ^b   Englund, Erling ^c   Sjödén, Göran O ^a,d   Sayed Noor, Arkan S ^a,d  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Västernorrland County ^*  (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CT scanogram; Interobserver reliability; Intraobserver reproducibility; Leg length discrepancy; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 84856968574     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1166-7     Document Type: Article

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