Arthroplasty is currently a treatment of choice in advanced osteoarthritis. A register published in Sweden in 2017 showed that approximately 40% of hip arthroplasty procedures in patients whose osteoarthritis is secon-dary to childhood diseases are performed in individuals under 50 years of age. We describe the treatment of a 42-year-old female patient after hip arthroplasty with a massive non-in-fec-tious inflammatory muscle infiltrate, who did recreational sports.
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October 2018
Intraoperative periprosthetic femoral fracture during hip arthroplasty is one of the most serious surgical com-plications. Its consequences can be minimized with correct diagnosis and early institution of appropriate treatment. This paper presents the management of a periprosthetic femoral fracture complicated by infection in a 53-year-old female patient.
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