title: A large lumbar hernia presenting as a flank mass after total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: Soft tissue swelling occasionally can be seen about the incision after a total hip arthroplasty. We report a case of a lateral wall hernia occurring immediately after a total hip arthroplasty that presented as a mass over the proximal aspect of the hip incision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinfeld
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Trousdale
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Farley
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed