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Dislocation following total hip arthroplasty
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Description: Dislocation following total hip arthroplasty
T. Schneider1,2, O. Niggemeyer1, J.M. Strauss1, B. Fink1, R. Abel 1, W. Menke2
Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery and related Subjects Issue 1 1996 1: Orthopaedic Department of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany 2: Institute for Sports Medicine, Carl-Diem-Weg, Cologne, Germany
Summary: Based on 13 dislocations out of 215 cases with total hip arthroplasties the characteristics of this complication are presented here. Generally the postoperative dislocation following total hip arthroplasty seems to be no serious complication, if it is not due to severe operative failure and if the necessary treatment consisting in plastic cast immobilisation is performed. (Full text available)
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Author/Contact: Schneider et al
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