20% of total hip patients may have a spinal deformity

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20% OF HIP REPLACEMENT PATIENTS MAY HAVE SPINAL DEFORMITY (Orthopedics This Week)

A new study, “Prevalence of Sagittal Spinal Deformity Among Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty,” has revealed that those with stiff spines have some fascinating hip-spine kinematics going on. This work was published in the August 10, 2019 edition of The Journal of Arthroplasty.
Jonathan Vigdorchik, M.D., assistant professor of Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement at Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York and study co-author explained to OTW&n...

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