BACKGROUND: The modified Dall approach is a modified anterolateral approach with osteotomy of the anterior part of the greater trochanter. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the adequacy of the modified Dall approach by measuring leg length discrepancy and evaluating offset discrepancy using postoperative radiographs. METHODS: Of 103 cases of total hip arthroplasty (THA), 22 patients (mean age, 6...

Transtrochanteric curved varus osteotomy was designed to avoid some of the disadvantages of varus wedge osteotomy, such as post-operative leg-length discrepancy. In this retrospective study we investigated the leg-length discrepancy and clinical outcome after transtrochanteric curved varus osteotomy undertaken in patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Between January 1993 and March 20...

We have developed a clinical method for the graphic recording, analysis and planning of treatment of leg-length discrepancy during growth. Initially, the clinically determined discrepancy is plotted against the chronological age yearly, and then in late childhood at six-monthly intervals. CT and measurements of skeletal age are made in middle and late childhood to confirm the clinical findings....

Leg length discrepancy (LLD) and pelvic obliquity have often been associated with scoliosis in the literature, neuromuscular contributions mentioned as being possibly involved. It is herein hypothesized that a craniocervical junction (CCJ) misalignment (CCJM) may induce imbalance leading to functional leg discrepancy, re-establishing proper alignment can result some LLD disappearance.