A comprehensive analysis on contributing factors for varus or valgus malposition of femoral stems in uncemented total hip arthroplasty via DAA

• Main Authors: Teh, Hak Lian, Abounouh, Mostafa, Haibock, Philip, Selvaratnam, Veenesh, Ganapathy, Shubash Shander, Graichen, Heiko
• Format: Article
• Published: Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd. 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/44782/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: Varus or valgus malposition of uncemented femoral stems have been described to have detrimental effects for long term implant survival. Various pre- and intra-OP factors have been suggested to be relevant, one of them being the approach to the hip. The aim was to investigate several pre-...