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Correlative study of PMA scoring in a group of Romanian patients submitted to total hip replacement
1University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa-Iaşi School of Medicine.
Unlabelled:
Elective hip and knee prosthetic surgery represent the ultimate treatment option for pain and disabilities caused by arthrosis with these particular localizations.
Material And Methods:
We conducted a preliminary retrospective study on a series of 47 patients investigated and operated at the Orthopedic Clinic of the lasi Rehabilitation Hospital in the interval March 1, 2009 - March 1, 2010.
Results:
A good correlation between the general preoperative and 3 month-postoperative PMA scores (r=0.746) was found, even though the correlations between individual parameters were only moderate.
Conclusions:
The obtained results show that mean preoperative PMA scores statistically differ from the scores recorded 3 months after surgery.