Abstract:Background:Hip osteoarthritis (HOA) is a severe irreversible complication of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) leads to intensive pain, disability and required total hip arthroplasty (THA) in childhood or in the young adults.Objectives:the aim of our study was to evaluate risk factors of HOA in JIA patients.Methods:we analyzed 753 patients with JIA for last 10 years. In each patient we observed if the HOA developed or no. We evaluated the main clinical JIA measurements, such a JIA category, CRP… Show more
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