What it is
Implant displacement, breakage/loosening or loss of fixation after surgery requires orthopaedic assessment and imaging.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Sudden pain, deformity or limb shortening
- Immediate inability to bear weight or use the segment
- New clicking, instability or deterioration after a fall
Video
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
[Evaluation and treatment of prosthetic hip dislocation].
Literature review · 2014
After Surgery
When should the medical team be contacted?
Fever or wound discharge, wound opening, new one-sided leg swelling, difficulty breathing, chest pain, a cold limb, progressive weakness, deformity or sudden loss of function require immediate contact with the medical team or emergency services.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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