Retrograde injection of a nutrient vein with cement in cemented total hip arthroplasty.
An 80-year-old woman received a cemented total hip arthroplasty. The surgery was performed without intraoperative complications. Postoperative radiographs and a computed tomography scan revealed a nutrient vein perforating the femur, which was retrogradely filled with cement. An abdominal and thoracic computed tomography scan showed no further dissemination of cement.
Nogler
M
M
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. michael.nogler@uibk.ac.at
Fischer
M
M
Freund
M
M
Mayr
E
E
Bach
C
C
Wimmer
C
C
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001843:Bone Cements; D002484:Cementation; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate