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The Journal of Arthroplasty, ISSN: 0883-5403, Vol: 16, Issue: 8, Page: 1078-1080

A large lumbar hernia presenting as a flank mass after total hip arthroplasty

Richard Steinfeld; Robert T. Trousdale; David R. Farley
Hip

Soft tissue swelling occasionally can be seen about the incision after a total hip arthroplasty. We report a case of a lateral wall hernia occurring immediately after a total hip arthroplasty that presented as a mass over the proximal aspect of the hip incision.


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