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Orthopaedics General d2017687

The most common site of primary osteoarthrosis is -

A
Hip joint
B
Knee joint
C
Ankle joint
D
Shoulder joint
High-Yield Explanation
In general, weight bearing lower limb joints are affected more commonly than upper limb joints. However, No textbook has mentioned which is the commonest joint : knee or hip. According to me it is knee because of following facts :- I have seen hardly one or two cases of primary OA of hip; while, I have seen hundreds of cases of Primary OA of knee in my OPD. At least 4 to 5 patients of primary OA of knee comes daily to my OPD. "OA commonly affects the knee joint"   —Ebnezar "OA of hip is second in frequency to the knee joint" —Ebnezar

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