Early postoperative complications after total hip arthroplasty: current strategies for prevention and treatment.
Total hip arthroplasty is a highly successful treatment for end-stage arthritis that substantially improves patients' symptoms and function. Unfortunately, complications in the early postoperative period are inevitable, even in procedures performed by experienced surgeons using careful surgical techniques. Current strategies to prevent and effectively manage the most common early complications after total hip arthroplasty, including periprosthetic joint infection, instability, leg-length inequality, and periprosthetic femoral fracture, are discussed.
Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Orthopaedics, University College Hospital, London, England.
Mohsin
M
Khan
Craig J
CJ
Della Valle
David J
DJ
Jacofsky
R Michael
RM
Meneghini
Fares S
FS
Haddad
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013997:Time Factors