Calculation method to predict postoperative limb length in patients undergoing THA following developmental dysplasia of hips.

Renwen GuoJerry Yongqiang ChenGuoqiang ZhangYonggang ZhouJiying ChenWei Chai

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2019)

The proposed calculation method effectively predicted the postoperative LLD using preoperative parameters. Despite the complexity of the method, it can go a long way towards reducing the occurrence of severe postoperative LLD in DDH-THA.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
risk assessment
early onset