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Patient-dependent risk factors for self-perceived leg length discrepancy after total hip arthroplasty.

Blaž MavčičDrago DolinarBorut PompeVane Antolič
Published in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2019)
Clinical relative LLD measurements are better predictors of self-perceived postoperative LLD than pelvic radiographic measurements. Patients with smaller body dimensions will more likely report subjective leg length inequality at a given objective LLD, regardless of gender or age.
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