Size of cup affects the anterior capsular distance in total hip arthroplasty, as measured with ultrasound.

Summary, in English

Previously was found that sonography is a reliable method to measure a capsular distance in total hip arthroplasty hips. The aim of our current study was to investigate the relation between the implanted size of the cup and the anterior capsular distance, as measured with ultrasound one year after THA.

• Author: Sarunas Tarasevicius; Valdemaras Loiba; Justinas Stucinskas; Otto Robertsson; Hans Wingstrand
• Department/s: Orthopaedics (Lund); EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Full text: - 431 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24438074?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-23
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: BioMed Central (BMC)
• Topic: Orthopedics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1471-2474