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A technique for comparison of leg lengths during total hip replacement
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA.
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Leg-length inequality after total hip arthroplasty is not uncommon and can be distressing to the patient. The use of a particular design of Steinmann pin for comparing a patient's leg lengths during total hip arthroplasty is illustrated.