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Management of Leg Length Discrepancy after THA

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We present two cases dealing with the management of Leg Length Discrepancy after THA. In the first one, a cemented stem was used for the revision THA whether in the second an uncemented solution was provided

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  1. Academic Orthopaedic Unit, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Eustathios Kenanidis M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.

  2. Papageorgiou General Hospital, Pavlos Melas, Greece

    Eleftherios Tsiridis M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.

  3. Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Eleftherios Tsiridis M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.

  4. Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Orthopaedic Department, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Viktor Janz M.D.

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  1. Eustathios Kenanidis M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.
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Correspondence to Eustathios Kenanidis M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. , E. Kenanidis , E. Tsiridis or Viktor Janz .

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  1. Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Eleftherios Tsiridis

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Kenanidis, E., Tsiridis, E., Janz, V. (2018). Management of Leg Length Discrepancy after THA. In: Tsiridis, E. (eds) The Adult Hip - Master Case Series and Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64177-5_40

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