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Objective: To explore if abortion care providers in the Republic of Ireland experience abortion-related stigma., Study Design: The survey was distributed to abortion care providers working in community and hospital units nationwide. We measured stigma using the 35-item version of the Abortion Providers Stigma Scale (APSS). We also collected data on demography, professional involvement in providing abortion care, and risk of burnout (measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory)., Results: Of the 309 providers invited to take part, 156 (50.5%) completed the survey between January to May 2020. The sample reported a mean score of 70.9 on the total scale of the APSS. This was comparable with the scores of providers in a Massachusetts-based study but was lower than a sample of providers from across the USA. Linear regression analyses found that the Irish hospital-based obstetricians (b = 10.51, 95% CI 3.16-17.86) and midwives/nurses (b = 10.88, 95% CI 2.3-19.47) reported higher stigma than their colleagues working in general practice., Conclusions: Comparing the scores of the current sample to published studies highlight the factors that may drive stigma in the Irish context. The Irish providers reported fewer issues in disclosing their abortion work than providers in the USA, which may be explained as they also reported fewer experiences of judgment and discrimination. They did, however, report higher levels of social isolation. Additionally, the findings suggest that providing surgical and/or later-gestation abortion care and providing within the hospital environment may present additional challenges for staff which increase level of stigma., Implications: Despite widespread support for the expansion of the abortion care services, providers in Ireland still experience stigma related to this work. Our findings suggest that Irish providers, particularly those working in hospitals, may benefit from supports to reduce abortion-related isolation and challenges posed by collegial interactions or later-gestation care., (Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Background: Anterior total hip arthroplasty (THA) allows the use of intraoperative fluoroscopy to assess leg-length and offset discrepancies. Two techniques to accomplish this are the transverse rod method and the radiographic overlay method. The aim of this study was to determine if they are equally effective options for minimizing postoperative radiologic discrepancies., Methods: We completed a retrospective cohort study comparing 106 anterior THAs from 1 surgeon using the transverse rod technique to 94 anterior THAs from another surgeon using the radiograph overlay technique. Radiographic leg-length discrepancy (LLD) and offset discrepancy (OD) were measured independently on postoperative radiographs. Parametric, nonparametric, and categorical statistical tests were used to compare LLD and OD between groups., Results: Baseline characteristics were similar between groups. The mean LLD of 4.8 mm in the radiograph overlay group was not significantly different from the 4.4 mm mean discrepancy in the transverse rod group ( P  = .424), and the rates of LLD < 5 mm and LLD < 10 mm were not significantly different ( P  = .772, P  = .179). The mean OD of 5.1 mm in the radiograph overlay group was not significantly different from the 4.8 mm mean discrepancy in the transverse rod group ( P  = .668), and there was no significant difference in the rates of OD < 5 mm and OD < 10 mm ( P  = .488, P  = .878)., Conclusions: There was no difference between the measured LLD and OD by the 2 surgeons, suggesting that the techniques are equally effective options.