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A Review of Symptomatic Leg Length Inequality Following Total Hip Arthroplasty Running Title: Length Inequality after Total Hip Replacement. Authors Mr Anthony B. McWilliams B.Sc MB BS FRCS (T Orth)1, Dr Andrew J Grainger, MRCP FRCR1 Dr Philip J O’Connor MRCP FRCR FFSEM1 Dr Anthony C. Redmond MSc PhD1 Dr Todd D Stewart PhD1 Mr Martin H Stone MB ChB MPhil FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Eng) 1 1 NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 4SA, United Kingdom Corresponding Author Mr Anthony B. McWilliams B.Sc MB BS FRCS (Tr Orth)1 Associate Clinical Research Fellow, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 4SA, United Kingdom abmcwill@ Tel) 00447803008920 This work is attributed to NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 4SA, United Kingdom Financial Support This work was supported by the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) through funding of the NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit. In addition this work was partially funded through WELMEC, a Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering funded by the Welcome Trust and EPSRC, under grant number WT 088908/Z/09/Z. Informed consent All radiographs used were of patients who had given informed consent for the images to be used in research. The project was part of a larger study for which ethical approval was obtained from the Leeds West National Health Service Ethics Committee. Ref: 09/H1307/63 Conflict of interest The Authors declare no conflict of interest A Review of Symptomatic Leg Length Inequality Following Total Hip Arthroplasty McWilliams A B, Grainger A. J, O’Connor P, White D, Redmond A C, Stewart T D, Stone M H. NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom Abstract Leg length inequality (LLI) following total hip replacement is a complication which is features increasingly in the recent literature.? The definitio