Vascular Injuries
Fig. 2.1 Lateral view of the acetabulum showing the arteries at risk for injuries during total hip arthroplasty . The dotted lines define the safe zones for screw placement according…
Corrosion at the Modular Head–Neck Junction
Fig. 17.1 Preoperative AP (a) and shoot through lateral (b) images show well-fixed, appropriately sized, and positioned components The patient’s serum metal levels are highly consistent with an adverse local…
Acute Pelvic Discontinuities
Fig. 12.1 (a) Anteroposterior (AP) pelvic and (b) lateral immediate postoperative radiographs of a 70-year-old female who underwent an uncemented primary THA at an outside institution. On the AP radiograph,…
Complications of Modular Neck-Stems
Fig. 16.1 Anteroposterior (a) and lateral (b) radiographs of a patient with recalled dual-modular femoral neck-stem with trochanteric osteolysis (white arrow) juxtaposed to neck-stem modularity junction (black arrow) Fig. 16.2…
Intraoperative Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture (IPF)
Fig. 3.1 Anteroposterior (AP) image of the left hip following primary total hip arthroplasty. The image showed suspicion of an undisplaced proximal femur fracture Fig. 3.2 Lateral postoperative X-ray image…
Iliopsoas Impingement After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Fig. 19.1 Anteroposterior (a) and cross-table lateral (b) radiographs demonstrating well-fixed acetabular and femoral components with reduced acetabular component anteversion and 13 mm of anterior component overhang Epidemiology The evaluation…
Chronic Deep Periprosthetic Infection
Fig. 10.1 AP (a) and lateral (b) radiographs of an infected THA upon presentation to our institution. The patient presented with a 6-month history of increasing groin pain and grew…
Wound Complications
Fig. 4.1 The persistent drainage was seen in the operative wound 4 days after total hip arthroplasty Introduction Despite the implementation of numerous measures, wound-related complications after total joint arthroplasty…
Acute Postoperative Periprosthetic Joint Infection
Fig. 5.1 Intraoperative image of the primary left hip replacement Epidemiology This chapter focuses on periprosthetic total hip infection in the early postoperative period, defined as within 6 weeks from…
Venothrombotic Embolus (VTE)
Clinical risk factors Hematologic abnormalities Prior venous thromboembolic disease Antithrombin III deficiency Advanced age Disorders of plasminogen Obesity Protein C or protein S deficiency Trauma (pelvis, hip, femur, tibia fracture)…
