Is It Necessary to Obtain Lateral Pelvic Radiographs in Flexed Seated Position for Preoperative Total Hip Arthroplasty Planning?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many of the current total hip arthroplasty (THA) planning tools only consider sagittal pelvic tilt in the standing and relaxed sitting positions. Considering that the risk of postoperative dislocation is higher when bending forward or in sit-to-stand move, sagittal pelvic tilt in the flexed seated position may be more relevant for preoperative planning. We hypothesized that there was a significant difference in sagittal pelvic tilt between the relaxed sitting and flexed seated positions as measured by the sacral slope in preoperative and postoperative full-body radiographs.

Methods

This was a multicenter retrospective analysis of the preoperative and postoperative simultaneous biplanar full-body radiographs of 93 primary THA patients in standing, relaxed sitting,

SUBMITTER: Pour AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10206860 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature