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. 2014 Apr;9(2):256–267.

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Figure 6. — Cross‐table X‐ray of the right hip (A); Alpha angle (B)–circumference of the femoral head; line A which connects the head center of the femoral neck and line B connecting the head center witht the point of beginning asphericity of the head‐neck junction. An angle exceeding 50° is an indicator of an abnormally shaped femoral head‐neck junction; Anterior offset (C)–two horizontal lines touching the anterior femoral head (line C) and femoral head‐neck junction (line D). The distance between both lines corresponds to the anterior offset (line E).