Retrograde injection of a nutrient vein with cement in cemented total hip arthroplasty.

Nogler, M; Fischer, M; Freund, M; Mayr, E; Bach, C; Wimmer, C · J Arthroplasty · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

An 80-year-old woman received a cemented total hip arthroplasty. The surgery was performed without intraoperative complications. Postoperative radiographs and a computed tomography scan revealed a nutrient vein perforating the femur, which was retrogradely filled with cement. An abdominal and thoracic computed tomography scan showed no further dissemination of cement.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy