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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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Main Authors: Wisam Abdul Kadder, Yassin, Myat Moe Thwe, Aung, Naghem Farouk, Abed, Atif Amin, Baig
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Published: 2017
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spelling my-unisza-ir.57272022-02-23T06:49:16Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5727/ Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty Wisam Abdul Kadder, Yassin Myat Moe Thwe, Aung Naghem Farouk, Abed Atif Amin, Baig R Medicine (General) 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. 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5727/1/FH02-FP-18-12775.pdf Wisam Abdul Kadder, Yassin and Myat Moe Thwe, Aung and Naghem Farouk, Abed and Atif Amin, Baig (2017) Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 8 (4). pp. 515-521. ISSN 0975-8585
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Wisam Abdul Kadder, Yassin
Myat Moe Thwe, Aung
Naghem Farouk, Abed
Atif Amin, Baig
Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
description 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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author Wisam Abdul Kadder, Yassin
Myat Moe Thwe, Aung
Naghem Farouk, Abed
Atif Amin, Baig
author_facet Wisam Abdul Kadder, Yassin
Myat Moe Thwe, Aung
Naghem Farouk, Abed
Atif Amin, Baig
author_sort Wisam Abdul Kadder, Yassin
title Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
title_short Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
title_full Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
title_fullStr Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
title_full_unstemmed Leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: A comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
title_sort leg length discrepancy following primary hip arthroplasty: a comparison between two different procedures; hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5727/1/FH02-FP-18-12775.pdf
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