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A patient who had had been treated by surgery for spinal echinococcosis in a Mediterranean country emigrated to northern Europe. After surgery, the echinococcosis disseminated and he developed chronic lytic and sinus-draining hydatid disease of the left hip and neuromuscular weakness of the left lower extremity. Seventeen years after the spinal surgery, he was referred to our hip service for a possible total hip replacement (THR) after receiving adequate chemotherapy against echinococcosis for nearly 3 years. Because of the poor results reported by others, we decided against THR; two of the four previous patients described in the current literature who had THR died due to complications.
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Received: 16 February 1998
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Santavirta, S., Valtonen, M., Pätiälä, H. et al. Disseminated hydatid disease causing paraplegia and destruction of the hip. Arch Orth Traum Surg 120, 118–120 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00021231
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00021231