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The surgeon must consider the patient, his gait, and his hip.
Patient. Age, (both chronological and physiological), life expectancy, general health, body weight, profession, willingness to cooperate in the postoperative recovery stage and combined orthopaedic deformities must all be taken into account.
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Bombelli, R. (1983). What to Consider When Faced with a Patient Suffering from Osteoarthritis of the Hip. In: Osteoarthritis of the Hip. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96691-0_11
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