A large lumbar hernia presenting as a flank mass after total hip arthroplasty

R Steinfeld; R T Trousdale; D R Farley

doi:10.1054/arth.2001.27678

A large lumbar hernia presenting as a flank mass after total hip arthroplasty

J Arthroplasty. 2001 Dec;16(8):1078-80. doi: 10.1054/arth.2001.27678.

Authors

R Steinfeld¹, R T Trousdale, D R Farley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

PMID: 11740768
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2001.27678

Abstract

Soft tissue swelling occasionally can be seen about the incision after a total hip arthroplasty. We report a case of a lateral wall hernia occurring immediately after a total hip arthroplasty that presented as a mass over the proximal aspect of the hip incision.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hernia, Ventral / diagnosis*
Hernia, Ventral / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed