Retrograde injection of a nutrient vein with cement in cemented total hip arthroplasty

J Arthroplasty. 2002 Jun;17(4):505-6. doi: 10.1054/arth.2002.32133.

Abstract

An 80-year-old woman received a cemented total hip arthroplasty. The surgery was performed without intraoperative complications. Postoperative radiographs and a computed tomography scan revealed a nutrient vein perforating the femur, which was retrogradely filled with cement. An abdominal and thoracic computed tomography scan showed no further dissemination of cement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
  • Bone Cements*
  • Cementation
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials*
  • Female
  • Femoral Vein
  • Humans
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate*

Substances

  • Bone Cements
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate