Vesico-acetabular cutaneous fistula: a delayed complication of hip surgery.
Vesico-acetabular cutaneous fistula is an uncommon but important postoperative complication of prosthetic hip surgery. We present a case and images involving a 70-year-old woman who presented with a chronically discharging gluteal wound, 5 years after a complex composite hip replacement.
Jones
Abeyna L C
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom.
Acher
Pete
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Cynk
Mark
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D000077:Acetabulum; D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000209:etiology*