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Table 4 Increasing percentage of patients requiring conversion to THA in dependence of preoperative advanced joint space narrowing and high K-L grade

From: Osteoarthritic changes rather than age predict outcome following arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement in middle-aged patients

  

Non-THA

THA

N

N (%)

JS in mm

>4

20

1 (4.8)

>2, ≤ 4

38

10 (20.8)

≤2

2

6 (75)

>2

58

11 (15.9)

K-L grade

0

8

0 (0)

1

31

4 (11.4)

2

18

7 (28)

3

3

6 (66.7)

Group

0, 1, 2

57

11 (16.2)

  1. THA total hip arthroplasty, JS Joint space width, K-L Kellgren Lawrence
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