A mathematical model for predicting postoperative leg shortening after curved intertrochanteric varus osteotomy for osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Tsuyoshi Asano; Daisuke Takahashi; Tomohiro Shimizu; Tohru Irie; Ryuta Arai; Mohamad Alaa Terkawi; Norimasa Iwasaki

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208818

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A mathematical model for predicting postoperative leg shortening after curved intertrochanteric varus osteotomy for osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Tsuyoshi Asano ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tsuyoshi Asano, Tomohiro Shimizu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: tsuyosanny@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7064-6200

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Daisuke Takahashi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Tomohiro Shimizu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tsuyoshi Asano, Tomohiro Shimizu

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Tohru Irie,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Ryuta Arai,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Mohamad Alaa Terkawi,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Norimasa Iwasaki

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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A mathematical model for predicting postoperative leg shortening after curved intertrochanteric varus osteotomy for osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Tsuyoshi Asano,
Daisuke Takahashi,
Tomohiro Shimizu,
Tohru Irie,
Ryuta Arai,
Mohamad Alaa Terkawi,
Norimasa Iwasaki

Published: December 18, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208818

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