Leg length inequality in total hip replacement.

Clinical and radiographic leg length inequality and pelvic tilt were measured in the erect posture in 36 patients before and after total hip replacement. Good correlation was observed between clinical and radiographic evaluations of pelvic tilt, assessed as height difference between iliac crests. Intraoperative alteration of leg length correlated well with changes in pelvic tilt but not with changes in true radiographic leg length inequality.

Results and complications after arthroplasty with a totally constrained total knee prosthesis (GUEPAR).

A series of 51 patients (55 knees) with implanted GUEPAR totally constrained endoprosthesis was followed up clinically and radiologically for a mean of 5.0 years (range 1.5-11.

Alcohol-associated femoral head necrosis.

Fifty-seven patients with femoral head necrosis (FHN), treated since 1976 at the Orthopaedic Hospital of the Invalid Foundation, Helsinki, were studied. The incidence of alcohol-associated FHN was 29% (N = 15, 13 male) and of idiopathic FHN 11.5% (N = 10, 6 male).

Leg length inequality after total hip arthroplasty.

Leg length inequality (LLI) in 55 patients with cemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) was measured from weight-bearing anteroposterior (AP) hip radiographs. The mean radiologic LLI was 8.7 mm in unilateral and 11.