Open Access<p>Patient’s Perception on Leg Length Discrepancy After Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Unilateral Crowe Type IV Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip</p>
Author(s) -
Yinqiao Du,
Junmin Shen,
Jingyang Sun,
Chi Xu,
Ming Ni,
Yonggang Zhou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s285545
Subject(s) - medicine , lesser trochanter , significant difference , mean difference , total hip arthroplasty , nuclear medicine , femur , surgery , confidence interval
The study assessed the correlation among the patients' perception of leg length discrepancy (LLD) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) in patients with unilateral Crowe type IV developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and the four methods of measuring the leg length in the full-length standing anteroposterior radiographs.