Table 4 Preoperative measurements for the orientation angles of TAL on MR-a.

From: Anatomical alignment of the acetabular component using transverse acetabular ligament in total hip replacement: a prospective cohort study

 

All acetabula (N = 109)

Male (N = 77)

Female (N = 32)

p

Mean (SD)

Min-max

Mean (SD)

Min-max

Mean (SD)

Min-max

mTIA (degree)

45.18 (5.58)

33.5–57.5

45.10 (5.28)

33.5–55.9

45.39 (6.33)

33.8–57.5

0.8443M

mTAA (degree)

9.89 (3.80)

3.2–18.1

9.70 (3.62)

3.2–17.2

10.35 (4.21)

3.2–18.1

0.7883T

  1. mAIA: acetabular inclination angle, mAAA: acetabular anteversion angle, mTIA: TAL inclination, mTAA: TAL anteversion; SD: standard deviation.
  2. M = Mann–Whitney U test; T = ttest.
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