Total hip arthroplasty for sequelae of childhood hip disorders: Current review of management to achieve hip centre restoration

Figure 3 Routine preoperative templating is done for all cases for total hip arthroplasty in our unit using the described method. A: Affected side size shows larger size to due to distortion – indicated by the arrow. Restoration of hip centre was done with the same size; B–D: Templating the femur shows low neck cut, normal offset available is oversized in 3 hips as indicated by the arrows. Soft tissue release combined with use of a shorter offset/neck would be required tore produce offset on the normal side which is checked intraoperatively. Primary hip implants are available with short, normal and high offset options.