Incisional cellulitis after total hip replacement. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report 16 cases of erythematous eruption on the skin within the flaps of the surgical incision after primary total hip replacement over an eight-year period. The symptoms began within nine months of operation in 13 hips, and two to three years after in three. Four patients had recurrent episodes. All were treated with antibiotics (15 intravenous, one oral) with complete resolution of the eruption within one to six days. The mean follow-up after the last episode of cellulitis was 27 months (14 to 76). There were no cases of periprosthetic sepsis or other sequelae.

publication date

  • September 1, 1998

Research

keywords

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Cellulitis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0031688380

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1302/0301-620x.80b5.8963

PubMed ID

  • 9768902

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 80

issue

  • 5