The role of computerized tomography scan in preoperative evaluation of the adult dislocated hip.
The case of a 42-year-old woman with coxarthroses secondary to old congenital dislocation of the hip illustrates that the value of computerized tomography scan in the preoperative evaluation of replacement of the dislocated hip is mainly in the tridimensional measurements of the acetabular and femoral bone stock.
D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed