A rare cause of irreducible dislocation of a total hip prosthesis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This report describes a patient with an anterior dislocation of the total hip arthroplasty, which was irreducible using described techniques of closed reduction. It required an open reduction using a direct lateral approach with the release of the rectus femoris.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Hip Prosthesis
- Joint Dislocations
- Prosthesis Failure
Anatomy
- hip