Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
Orthopaedic surgeons still concerned about the development of discrepancy in patient`s leg length following hip arthroplasty as it is a common reason for litigation against them. Consequently, this crosssectional study evaluated and compared the leg length discrepancy (LLD) between two different pr...
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| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5727/1/FH02-FP-18-12775.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5727/ |
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| Summary: | Orthopaedic surgeons still concerned about the development of discrepancy in patient`s leg length
following hip arthroplasty as it is a common reason for litigation against them. Consequently, this crosssectional study evaluated and compared the leg length discrepancy (LLD) between two different procedures of
primary hip arthroplasty; Hemi- and total hip arthroplasty (THA). During the period from January 2012 to
December 2014, twenty-six patients underwent these surgeries and all were conducted by the same principal
orthopaedic surgeon. This is to eliminate the errors which were recorded in the statistics of many studies and
explained by the participation of more than one surgeon. The direct clinical method was the method of
measurement. Our results showed that the overall postoperative LLD was lengthened with a mean of 2.69 mm
(range, -20 to 30 mm). There was no significant statistical difference between LLD after hemiarthroplasty and
THA (P value, 0.702). Keeping in mind the limited number of the respondents, we concluded that, in this study,
the type of hip arthroplasty procedure has no influence on the prevalence of postoperative LLD. |
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