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  • Title: Complications of total hip replacement.
    Author: Green DL.
    Journal: South Med J; 1976 Dec; 69(12):1559-64. PubMed ID: 1019673.
    Abstract:
    The most common complications of total hip replacement are infection, loosening, dislocation, phlebothrombosis and embolism, neurovascular deficity, periarticular calcification, nonunion of the greater trochanter, malposition of components, fractures, and discrepancy in leg length. The cause, prevention, and treatment of these complications are reviewed.
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