Musculoskeletal Key

CASE STUDIES Case 1: Permanent Temporary Spacer A 76-year-old man presented to the emergency room with fever and a 2-week history of worsening left hip pain followed by an acute…

CASE STUDY A 65-year-old man underwent a left cementless total hip arthroplasty for degenerative osteoarthritis using a large, cylindrical, cobalt–chrome stem. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient had…

CASE STUDY A 50-year-old male presented with severe right hip pain, Trendelenberg gait, and limb length discrepancy. He had an open reduction with internal fixation for a childhood hip fracture….

Introduction Since its popularization by Sir John Charnley in 1962 and subsequent globalization, total hip arthroplasty (THA) has become recognized as one of the most successful surgical procedures in all…

Introduction Periprosthetic femoral fracture complicating hip arthroplasty is relatively common. The reported incidence is just below 1% after primary reconstruction and up to 4.2% after revision surgery. These cases present…

CASE STUDY A 78-year-old woman underwent right total hip arthroplasty using a posterolateral approach 4 years before she was referred to our center. During that time, she sustained two posterior…

CASE STUDIES Case 1 A 63-year-old man underwent primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) of the right hip for degenerative arthritis with a proximal, porous-coated, tapered-wedge stem. The patient complained of…

CASE STUDY A 49-year-old man presented with left groin pain that began insidiously and had been getting progressively worse over the past few months. He had previously been pain free….

CASE STUDY A 75-year-old woman presented with a loose cemented stem ( Fig. 65.1 , A ). Evaluation of the radiographs showed that despite appropriate overall bone quality, osteolysis had…

CASE STUDIES Case 1 A 73-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an infected left total hip arthroplasty (THA). The initial arthroplasty was performed 5 years earlier…