Can the intra-operative measurement of the diameter of the femoral head help surgeons to choose the best size of the acetabular cup?

Ernesto Muñoz-MahamudClara ChimenoEduard TorneroAlfonso AlíasJenaro Ángel Fernández-ValenciaAndrés Combalia

Published in: International orthopaedics (2022)

The intra-operative femoral head measurement is a simple and reliable tool to help the surgeons choose the best size of the acetabular cup and is as reliable as the pre-operative templating in order to avoid cup oversizing in THA. Utmost caution is warranted whenever the cup reamer is > 4 mm than the anterior-posterior diameter of the native head.

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optic nerve
quality improvement
total hip
total hip arthroplasty
total knee arthroplasty