Diagnostic imaging in hip prostheses

Hip arthroplasty has become a common and still increasing procedure for the treatment of osteoarthritis, advanced head necrosis, post-inflammatory arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. Radiography is the most important imaging modality for monitoring the normal, asymptomatic hip arthroplasty. Radiograp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Radiologe 2002-06, Vol.42 (6), p.474-479
Main Authors: Breitenseher, M J, Mayerhöfer, M, Gottsauner-Wolf, F, Krestan, C, Toma, C D, Imhof, H
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthritis, Infectious - diagnostic imaging
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hip Joint - diagnostic imaging
Hip Prosthesis
Humans
Joint Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Joint Diseases - surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Ossification, Heterotopic - diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Hip arthroplasty has become a common and still increasing procedure for the treatment of osteoarthritis, advanced head necrosis, post-inflammatory arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. Radiography is the most important imaging modality for monitoring the normal, asymptomatic hip arthroplasty. Radiographs are obtained at the end of a surgical treatment, to exclude complications like fracture or component misplacement. In the follow-up radiographs are used for the diagnosis of loosening and infection of the hip arthroplasty as well as soft tissue ossification. Together with the history and clinical information, the analysis of morphological findings allows to find the grade of loosening. MRI has been advocated in the diagnosis of infection, in particular in the localisation of soft tissue involvement. Imaging, especially by radiographs, is used for the evaluation of the normal and complicated follow-up of hip arthroplasty.
ISSN:0033-832X