Abstract

An 82-year old man attended our outpatient clinic with symptoms of osteoarthritis of the right hip. Radiographic examination confirmed this diagnosis.The patient’s medical history included: atrial ...

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  • An 82-year old man attended our outpatient clinic with symptoms of osteoarthritis of the right hip

  • After a period of nonoperative treatment the patient was scheduled for uncemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) via direct anterior approach (DAA) using spinal anesthesia (Siguier et al 2004)

  • In recent years THA via the DAA has gained popularity (Siquier et al 2004, Wang et al 2018). This popularity of THA procedures being performed via an anterior approach makes awareness of the occurrence of this life-threatening vascular complication important

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Acta Orthopaedica

ISSN: 1745-3674 (Print) 1745-3682 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iort.

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