Trochanteric pain in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: A protocol for a systematic review

Abstract

Background: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most common surgical procedures. Although THA surgeries are typically very successful, between 3% and 17% of all patients experience trochanteric pain after surgery. Unfortunately, there remains little high quality and reproducible evidence surrounding this disorder, especially following total hip replacement. The objectives of this review are to describe, among pre-operative or …

Authors

Axelrod D; Madden K; Banfield L; Winemaker M; deBeer J; Wood T

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Publication Date

October 22, 2018

DOI

10.7287/peerj.preprints.27293v1

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Kim Madden

Associate Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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