Abstract
Complications following hip arthroplasty have a wide variation and range in incidence from 1.1% for pulmonary embolism to over 70% for infrapopliteal deep vein thrombosis. Recognition of the risk factors and all of the possible types of complications places the surgeon in a better position to detect such complications and formulate a plan to treat them. This article documents some ofthe complications that can occur during or after surgery following hip surgery. These complications are stratified as systemic and procedure specific.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 485-488 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.) |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 8 |
State | Published - Aug 2002 |