THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAD-NECK-SHAFT ANGLE, CALCAR WIDTH, ARTICULAR CARTILAGE THICKNESS AND BONE VOLUME IN ARTHROSIS OF THE HIP

The thickness of articular and the macroscopic and morphometric characteristics of bone in the proximal femur were assessed in a group of 28 surgically-treated patients with advanced idiopathic osteoarthrosis, and compared with the findings in a group of 16 non-arthrotic femora obtained at autopsy. In arthrosis, the BMI was increased, cartilage thickness at two principal stress sites was found to be significantly reduced, and the femoral head-neck-shaft angle was reduced