Leg-length inequality has poor correlation with lumbar scoliosis. A radiological study of 100 patients with chronic low-back pain.

Leg-length inequality and its hypothetical consequences, pelvic tilt and lumbar scoliosis, were measured in 100 young or middle-aged adults suffering from chronic low-back pain. Leg-length inequality had a good correlation with the pelvic tilt assessed from the iliac crests, a moderate correlation with the sacral tilt, but a poor correlation with the lumbar scoliosis. The sacral tilt correlated well with the lumbar scoliosis when the tilt was more than 3 degrees but poorly when it was smaller.

Total hip replacement in old tuberculosis. A report of 14 cases.

We treated 14 patients with a cemented total hip replacement for old tuberculosis on an average 43 years after the onset of the coxitis. Nine patients were not given any antituberculous treatment, whereas in 5 patients treatment with antituberculous drugs was administered postoperatively for 6 to 12 months. The duration of postoperative follow-up was on an average 8 (5-10) years.

Shoulder arthrodesis for paralysis and arthrosis.

Twenty-three patients with a mean age of 35 years (11 males and 12 females) were reexamined 6 years after shoulder fusion. Indication for the operation was shoulder paralysis in 14 cases and arthrosis in 9. In 4 patients the operation had to be repeated because of nonunion.

Long-term results and survivorship of the McKee-Farrar total hip prosthesis.

Five hundred and eleven McKee-Farrar prostheses implanted at the Orthopedic Hospital of the Invalid Foundation (Helsinki, Finland) between 1967 and 1973 were analyzed for long-term survivorship, clinical results, and the risk factors leading to aseptic loosening of the prosthesis. Reoperation was necessary for aseptic loosening of 91 prostheses and for septic loosening of 19 prosthesis. Ten-year survivorship was 76% and the annual failure rate 2.