A Novel Approach for Correcting Limb Length Discrepancy in Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the suture technique, along with the utilization of a spirit-level device which is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal or vertical, in comparison to the conventional supraacetabular pin method and caliper measurement for correcting leg length discrepancy (LLD) during total hip arthroplasty (THA). Materials and methods: Consecutive patients who underwent unilateral primary THA between January 2021 and March 2023 were included in the study. The exclusion criteria were severe flexion and adduction contracture that could affect the accuracy of measurements, a history of lower extremity surgery, the presence of lower extremity deformity, and the absence of postoperative full-length radiographs.

Exploring Actual and Presumed Links between Accurately Inferring Contents of Other People's Minds and Prosocial Outcomes.

The term "empathic accuracy" has been applied to people's ability to infer the contents of other people's minds-that is, other people's varying feelings and/or thoughts over the course of a social interaction. However, despite the ease of intuitively linking this skill to competence in helping professions such as counseling, the "empathic" prefix in its name may have contributed to overestimating its association with prosocial traits and behaviors. Accuracy in reading others' thoughts and feelings, like many other skills, can be used toward prosocial-but also malevolent or morally neutral-ends.

Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Total Hip Arthroplasty for Crowe Types 3 and 4 Hips.

Background: Crowe types 3 and 4 dysplastic hips usually need total hip arthroplasty (THA) with femoral shortening osteotomy (FSO) to facilitate reduction, equalize limb length, and decrease the traction stress in nerves. The frequency of peripheral nerve palsy after primary THA has been reported to range from 0.08% to 3.

Volumetric Analysis of Subacromial Space After Superior Capsular Reconstruction for Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears.

Purpose: Subacromial volume measurement on magnetic resonance images is relatively new. It has been shown that decreased subacromial volume increases after surgical repair of full-thickness rotator cuff tears. There is no study examining subacromial volume changes after superior capsular reconstruction (SCR).

A comparison of robotic-assisted and manual techniques in restricted kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty: coronal alignment improvement with no significant clinical differences.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare radiographic and clinical outcomes of robotic-assisted and conventional manual techniques in restricted kinematically aligned TKA.

Methods: Patients who underwent either manual or robotic-assisted restricted kinematically aligned TKA between 2019 and 2020 were included in this retrospective comparative study. Radiographic outcomes comprised coronal plane measurements performed through standing full-length anteroposterior radiographs.

Preliminary outcomes of kinematically aligned robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty with patient-specific cartilage thickness measurement.

This study aimed to assess the preliminary outcomes of kinematically aligned robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with patient-specific cartilage thickness measurement. Patients who underwent kinematically aligned robot-assisted TKA were included in this study. Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasties were performed by NAVIO Surgical System (Smith & Nephew, Memphis, USA), an image-free handheld robotic system.

It Is Hard to Read Minds without Words: Cues to Use to Achieve Empathic Accuracy.

When faced with the task of trying to "read" a stranger's thoughts, what cues can perceivers use? We explore two predictors of empathic accuracy (the ability to accurately infer another person's thoughts): use of stereotypes about the target's group, and use of the target's own words. A sample of 326 White American undergraduate students were asked to infer the dynamic thoughts of Middle Eastern male targets, using Ickes' (Ickes et al. 1990) empathic accuracy paradigm.