Unstable Lumbar Vertebral Body Fracture During Total Hip Arthroplasty Using the Anterolateral Spine Approach in Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
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Abstract
This case report describes a 72-year-old man with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis who sustained a rare unstable lumbar vertebral body fracture during total hip arthroplasty (THA) using the anterolateral supine approach. Despite a successful THA, the patient developed severe postoperative back pain, leading to the diagnosis of a lumbar vertebral fracture. Prompt posterior spinal fusion effectively relieved the pain. This report emphasizes recognizing high-risk patients, such as those with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis complicated by obesity or kyphosis, before THA, and underscores the need for careful perioperative management and intraoperative positioning to reduce stress on the lumbar spine.
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Arthroplasty Today is a companion journal to the Journal of Arthroplasty. The journal Arthroplasty Today brings together the clinical and scientific foundations for joint replacement of the hip and knee in an open-access, online format. Arthroplasty Today solicits manuscripts of the highest quality from all areas of scientific endeavor that relate to joint replacement or the treatment of its complications, including those dealing with patient outcomes, economic and policy issues, prosthetic design, biomechanics, biomaterials, and biologic response to arthroplasty. The journal focuses on case reports. It is the purpose of Arthroplasty Today to present material to practicing orthopaedic surgeons that will keep them abreast of developments in the field, prove useful in the care of patients, and aid in understanding the scientific foundation of this subspecialty area of joint replacement. The international members of the Editorial Board provide a worldwide perspective for the journal''s area of interest. Their participation ensures that each issue of Arthroplasty Today provides the reader with timely, peer-reviewed articles of the highest quality.