| Literature DB >> 25922312 |
Sarwar S Mahmood1, Sebastian S Mukka1, Sead Crnalic1, Arkan S Sayed-Noor1.
Abstract
We investigated whether patients with lengthening (> 9 mm), restoration (between 9 mm lengthening and 5 mm shortening) or shortening (> 5 mm) of the operated leg after total hip arthroplasty (THA) had different function (WOMAC score), quality of life (EQ-5D), residual hip pain, use of shoe lift and walking aid and leg length discrepancy (LLD) awareness, 12-15 months postoperatively. All patients had a significant postoperative improvement in WOMAC and EQ-5D regardless the LLD. However, the lengthening group showed less improvement in WOMAC, more use of shoe lift, residual hip pain and LLD awareness compared with the other two groups. No differences in EQ-5D were found. In spite of the improvement in function and quality of life, lengthening had adverse effects and should therefore be avoided.Entities:
Keywords: WOMAC; complication; leg length discrepancy; quality of life; total hip arthroplasty
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25922312 DOI： 10.1016/j.arth.2015.04.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Arthroplasty ISSN： 0883-5403 Impact factor: 4.757