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Have severe untreatable scoliosis, had hip replacement in left hip, need to do right.doctor said that could be leg discripancy.probability of 1+ in?
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Hip Replacement : Leg length discrepancy after hip replacement surgery can occur but most joint replacement surgeons are able to correct this during the procedure to make the lengths of the legs relatively equal and any difference fairly minimal. Hope this helps. Take care, Joe Wilson.
Answered 1/8/2015
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