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Upon further investigation, he and his
colleagues discovered that 95 per cent of
surgeons in North America do not use any
tools to assist them with implant selection
and alignment during hip replacement
surgery.
HIP REPLACEMENT
SURGERY HAS HIGH
DISSATISFACTION RATES
Common problems that patients can
experience after hip replacement surgery,
which is done frequently on an annual
basis, include leg length discrepancy
where one leg can be longer than the other
post-surgery. Research has found that 62
per cent of hip replacement patients’ legs
are lengthened by about one centimetre
on average. This problem can cause
patients to experience nerve impairment,
gait abnormalities, and lower back pain. It
increases the risk for hip dislocation and
can lead to patients undergoing revision
surgery.
Armen Bakirtzian, CEO
