Sign of the buttock following total hip arthroplasty.
The patient was a 68-year-old man who had undergone a right total hip arthroplasty 3 years prior. He complained of progressively worsening right hip pain. Physical examination findings were consistent with a positive sign of the buttock. A triple-bone scan showed increased radio-pharmaceutical activity, which is consistent with infection. Subsequent aspiration of the right hip revealed infection, which was treated with antibiotics before the patient underwent a revision total hip arthroplasty. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2010;40(6):377. doi:10.2519/jospt.2010.0410.
Burns
Scott A
SA
Department of Physical Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Burshteyn
Mark
M
Mintken
Paul E
PE
D000368:Aged; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals