TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress fracture of the pubis after total hip arthroplasty
AU - Launder, W. J.
AU - Hungerford, D. S.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - The occurrence of pain after total hip athroplasty emphasizes the covert nature of acute stress fractures. In a 46-year-old woman, the lesion was not apparent on initial radiograms; cultures as well as gram stain of the joint fluid were also negative, and the initial ESR and white blood count were normal, effectively ruling out infection. An arthrogram, performed to demonstrate possible loosening, revealed stress fracture of the superior pubic ramus. Without evidence of active infection, it may therefore prove wise to postpone revision surgery for several weeks or until diagnosis of an occult fracture becomes radiologically apparent.
AB - The occurrence of pain after total hip athroplasty emphasizes the covert nature of acute stress fractures. In a 46-year-old woman, the lesion was not apparent on initial radiograms; cultures as well as gram stain of the joint fluid were also negative, and the initial ESR and white blood count were normal, effectively ruling out infection. An arthrogram, performed to demonstrate possible loosening, revealed stress fracture of the superior pubic ramus. Without evidence of active infection, it may therefore prove wise to postpone revision surgery for several weeks or until diagnosis of an occult fracture becomes radiologically apparent.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003086-198109000-00025
DO - 10.1097/00003086-198109000-00025
M3 - Article
C2 - 7285457
AN - SCOPUS:0019375167
SN - 0009-921X
VL - 159
SP - 183
EP - 185
JO - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
JF - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
ER -