Polymethylmethacrylate arteriography--A complication of total hip arthroplasty.
We report a complication of contemporary cementing technique in total hip arthroplasty, that is, extensive retrograde filling with polymethylmethacrylate cement of the nutrient artery of the femur.
Panousis
Konstantinos
K
University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. panousis@hotmail.com
Young
Kenneth A
KA
Grigoris
Peter
P
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D014651:Vasa Vasorum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate