Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Osteo-, rheumatoid, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip with minimal acetabular involvement or distortion

English answer:

Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip with minimal acetabular involvement / distortion

Added to glossary by Elena Sgarbo (X)
Mar 26, 2004 02:35
20 yrs ago
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“Osteo-, rheumatoid, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip with minimal acetabular involvement or distortion.”

1. Distortion or osteo-, rheumatoid, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip with minimal acetabular involvement.
2. Osteo-, rheumatoid, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip with minimal acetabular involvement or with minimal acetabular distortion.

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CONTEXT:
Indications for use as a Bipolar Hip Replacement:
· Femoral head/neck fractures or non-unions.
· Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head.
· Osteo-, rheumatoid, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip with minimal acetabular involvement or distortion.
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3 +3 as follows

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Your option 2

Hi Barbara

Here's a slightly different way to put it:

Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip with minimal acetabular involvement or with minimal acetabular distortion.

HTH :-)

Elena
Peer comment(s):

agree Vicky Papaprodromou
52 mins
Thank you, VIcky! :-)
agree Hermeneutica
6 hrs
Thank you, Dee-- Nice to see you :-)
agree Armorel Young
9 hrs
Thank you, Armorel
agree Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
11 hrs
Lisa, thank you!
agree Dipak (X)
15 hrs
Thanks, Dipak
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot!"
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10 mins

as follows

(Osteo-, rheumatoid, and post-traumatic arthritis of the hip) with [minimal acetabular involvement or distortion].

Text between parentheses describes the main condition and text between square brackets describes one of two possible secondary conditions or symptoms affecting not the hip proper, but the cavity enclosing the hip bone.
Peer comment(s):

agree Melanie Nassar : good explanation; another way of putting it > minimal involvement or distortion of the acetabulum
2 hrs
agree Hermeneutica
6 hrs
agree Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
11 hrs
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