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The effect on low back pain of shortening osteotomy for leg length inequality
I Rossvoll1, S Junk, T Terjesen
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
This study evaluates the effect on low back pain of shortening osteotomy in patients with leg length inequality (LLI). Twenty-two patients were followed up after an average of 5 years. The mean preoperative LLI was 32 mm and was 4.3 mm at follow up. The degree of low back pain was significantly reduced after the operation.