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Orthopaedic manifestations of the hip in haemophilia--impaction bone grafting used in revision total hip arthroplasty in a haemophilic patient.

Hope B, Halliday B

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.

The condition of haemophilia presents many challenges to the orthopaedic surgeon. Two such challenges include the haemophilic pseudotumour, a rare complication occurring in 1-2% of haemophiliacs, and the phenomenon of aseptic loosening of arthroplasty implants. This report presents a case involving the separate management of a pseudotumour and revision hip arthroplasty in the same hip using impaction bone grafting.

Published 6 April 2005 in Haemophilia, 11(2): 175-7.
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