title: Normal pregnancy and delivery following total hip joint replacement.
abstract: Total joint replacement procedures should be restricted to older individuals or persons with limited physical activities or life expectancy. However, on occasion a total joint replacement may be the only means to avoid serious disability in a young, otherwise healthy individual. This report of a 19-year-old woman who underwent a total hip joint replacement following unsuccessful treatment of a severely comminuted intracapsular hip fracture. Subsequent to the total hip joint replacement the patient experienced a normal pregnancy and delivery.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D011247:Pregnancy