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06 / Orthopedic Surgery · advanced

A painful hip replacement

  1. ED
  2. Investigations
  3. Pre-Op
  4. OR
  5. Ward
  6. Debrief

Never a pain-free day

She had a brief wound discharge in the second post-operative week that settled on oral antibiotics. Since then she has had constant groin and thigh pain, worse on starting to walk. She is afebrile and the wound looks healed.

Open in 3D: the hip joint and proximal femur

Which feature most suggests infection rather than aseptic loosening?

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