Table 2.
Radiographic data of the patient series
Parameter | Preoperative | Postoperative† | Latest followup‡ | p value, overall | p value, pre- versus postoperative | p value, preoperative versus followup | p value, postoperative versus followup |
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Head sphericity (%) | 72 (64–81) | 86 (74–95)* | 85 (73–96)* | < 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.286 |
Extrusion index (%) | 47 (25–60) | 21 (12–36)* | 20 (3–58)* | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.328 |
Lateral center-edge angle (°) | 1 (–10 to 16) | 20 (–2 to 35)* | 26 (4–40)* | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.091 |
Shenton’s line (% intact) | 64 | 82 | 100 | 0.087 | |||
Acetabular index (°) | 17 (6–37) | 12 (1–39) | 7 (–7 to 19) | 0.078 | |||
Centrum-collum-diaphyseal angle (°) | 133 (127–144) | 132 (117–145) | 139 (112–169) | 0.081 | |||
Axial alpha angle (°) | 40 (28–48) | 42 (29–52) | 42 (31–54) | 0.482 |
Continuous parameters are expressed as mean with range in parentheses; *significant difference compared with preoperative; †after femoral head reduction osteotomy in all cases and concomitant acetabular containment surgery in five of 11 hips; ‡after subsequent containment surgery (acetabular and/or intertrochanteric osteotomies) in five of 11 hips.