A large lumbar hernia presenting as a flank mass after total hip arthroplasty.
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.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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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