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Soft tissue methylmethacrylate after total hip replacement shows an unclear link to postoperative CV complications.
Case Report (n=8)
Methylmethacrylate can migrate into soft tissues or veins after total hip replacement, though its direct role in postoperative cardiovascular complications remains unclear.
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Alerts clinicians to possible methylmethacrylate migration after hip replacement; leaves open any causal link to cardiovascular complications.
In eight patients, radiographs made after total hip replacement revealed methylmethacrylate in the soft tissues of the thigh. In one of them the configuration of the density was that of a vein. In the other seven patients similar but less extensive soft-tissue densities were seen postoperatively. One patient had postoperative hypotension which was thought to be due to a myocardial infarction. In another patient, with a prior history of congestive heart failure, congestive heart failure developed again after total hip replacement. The relationship of these complications to the radiographic observations was not clear.
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Weissman et al. (1984) conducted a case report in Total hip replacement (n=8). Methylmethacrylate cement during total hip replacement was evaluated on Radiographic evidence of methylmethacrylate in soft tissues and associated complications.
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