The role of ultrasound in the assessment of post-operative complications following hip arthroplasty

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1035-1046

  Douis, H ^a   Dunlop, D J ^a   Pearson, A M ^a   O'Hara, J N ^a   James, S L J ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Hip; Hip arthroplasty; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADVERSE LOCAL TISSUE REACTION; ARTHROCENTESIS; ASEPTIC LYMPHOCYTIC VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED LESION; BURSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GLUTEUS MEDIUS TENDINOSIS; GLUTEUS MEDIUS TENDON TEAR; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP DISEASE; HIP EFFUSION; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS BURSITIS; ILIOPSOAS IMPINGEMENT; ILIOPSOAS TENDINOSIS; JOINT EFFUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REVIEW; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TISSUE REACTION; TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866055485     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-012-1390-9     Document Type: Review

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