Predictability of Pelvic Tilt During Total Hip Arthroplasty Using a Traction Table.

Background: Pelvic positioning during total hip arthroplasty (THA) affects functional position of the acetabular component. We sought to evaluate whether preoperative pelvic tilt correlated with intraoperative pelvic tilt while positioned on a traction table for direct anterior THA and furthermore to evaluate whether there was a consistent and predictable effect on pelvic tilt while positioned for surgery.

Methods: We evaluated the sagittal spinopelvic preoperative standing and supine pelvic tilt radiographic measurements as compared with intraoperative measurements of 25 patients.

Hand gangrene following unsuccessful cannulation of the internal jugular vein: a case report and literature review.

Hand gangrene following vascular cannula placement is uncommon and is usually the result of thrombotic occlusion of an artery. We describe a case of hand gangrene resulting in wrist disarticulation, following multiple unsuccessful attempts at internal jugular vein cannulation in a critically ill patient.