Total hip arthroplasty: leg length inequality impairs functional outcomes and patient satisfaction

BACKGROUND: Leg length inequality (LLI) was identified as a problem of total hip arthroplasty soon after its introduction. Leg lengthening is the most common form of LLI. Possible consequences are limping, neuronal dysfunction and aseptic component loosening. LLI can result in an increased strain bo...

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Autores principales: Röder, Christoph, Vogel, Raphael, Burri, Lukas, Dietrich, Daniel, Staub, Lukas P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22686325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-95

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22686325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-95

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