Comparison and Validation of Methods for Restoring Neck Length in Hip Arthroplasty That Can Be Applied for Femoral Neck Fracture.

ABSTRACT: Background: Restoring leg length during total hip arthroplasty (THA) for femoral neck fracture is challenging due to the lack of an intact femoral neck on the fractured side. Thus, templating methods typically use size of the intact contralateral hip to estimate length. Common reference points include the distance from the lesser trochanter to the center of the femoral head (LTC) and femoral head diameter (FHD). Objectives: We sought to (1) investigate the LTC:FHD ratio as a preoperative templating method and (2) compare this method with calibrated LTC measurements. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of patients undergoing primary THA between 2021 and 2022 with recorded intraoperative measurements of LTC and FHD at a single academic orthopedic specialty hospi

SUBMITTER: Anatone AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672367 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature