Hips 2021

EMBL Programme 2017-2021: Digital Biology

Painful Hips In Children

The clinical challenge in paediatric hip pain is to distinguish urgent conditions such as infection of the hip joint from the more common irritable hip. Transient synovitis is one of the most common causes in children over 3 years of age but it has similar early symptoms to septic arthritis. This article offers a guide to assessment, an overview of common causes, and clarity around which childr...

Patients with Fractured Hips

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Advanced Work on the Hips

Natural acetabular orientation in arthritic hips

OBJECTIVES Acetabular component orientation in total hip arthroplasty (THA) influences results. Intra-operatively, the natural arthritic acetabulum is often used as a reference to position the acetabular component. Detailed information regarding its orientation is therefore essential. The aim of this study was to identify the acetabular inclination and anteversion in arthritic hips. METHODS A...