Lumbar chance fracture after direct anterior total hip arthroplasty

Lumbar chance fracture after direct anterior total hip arthroplasty

This report describes a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) by the direct anterior approach and sustained a L4-5 extension fracture dislocation with neural deficits. A magnetic resonance imaging revealed an epidural hematoma at the site of the fracture...

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Main Authors: Michael Pitta, MD, Corey J. Wallach, MD, Colleen Bauk, MS, William G. Hamilton, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344117300493

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