title: An unusual cause of thigh pain after total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: The aim of total hip arthroplasty surgery is to relieve pain. There are many postulated causes of thigh pain following total hip arthroplasty,  some of which are not easily corrected. Muscle hernia as a result of hip surgery is a cause of thigh pain that is disabling, relatively easy to diagnose, and may be preventable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Repatriation General Hospital Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Higgs
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haertsch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sekel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leicester
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013848:Thigh