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Prof AJ Timperley, Mr MJW Hubble, Mr JR Howell, Mr MJ Wilson, Mr J Charity, Mr AM Kassam - #Hip_preservation, #FAI, #Hip_replacement, #Hip_revision,
Jan 17, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
52/365 good radiographs are key, now for a systematic approach to assessment Firstly, some acetabular radiographer anatomy
1 iliopubic line - the ant column
2 ilioischial line - the post column
3 the acetabular fossa
4 the teardrop - medial inferior socket
5 post wall
6 ant wall
Jan 16, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
51/365 Good planning is essential and to perform good planning you need good images. Don’t settle for less and accept what you know isn’t good enough. Sometimes the radiography dept don’t understand what you need. Time spent with them is time well spent. ‘Recent’ is a relative term. Typically we say within six months but any change in symptoms or exam finding at preop probably deserves a repeat image.
Dec 3, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
7/365 What is bone cement? It's a polymer, a chain of 'mer' units - MMA, methylmethacrylate - and is therefore known as PMMA or, more commonly, under one of the trade names below. The inert effect of PMMA in the human body was first noticed by Harold Ridley, an ophthalmic surgeon, who looked after pilots after WW2, removing shrapnel from their eyes. He noticed that pilots who flew behind glass canopies developed an aggressive foreign body reaction