Leg-length inequalities following THA based on surgical technique

Orthopedics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Nam, Denis ^a   Sculco, Peter K ^a   Abdel, Matthew P ^a   Alexiades, Michael M ^a   Figgie, Mark P ^a   Mayman, David J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR APPROACH; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL POSTERIOR APPROACH; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR NAVIGATED APPROACH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877779280     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20130327-11     Document Type: Review

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