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Hip Arthroplasty: Abnormal Postoperative Findings

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Pain is the primary presenting symptom of septic or aseptic loosening of total hip arthroplasty. However, other arthroplasty complications can present with pain, and imaging is frequently required to narrow the differential diagnosis. Indeed, particle disease, periprosthetic fractures, aseptic lymphocytic vasculitis and associated lesions (ALVAL), heterotopic ossification, and polyethylene wear can occur. This chapter describes common postoperative complications after total hip arthroplasty and illustrates the abnormal findings on bone SPECT/CT.

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  1. Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Geoffrey Chow

  2. Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Thomas Armstrong

  3. Consultant Radionuclide Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Arum Parthipun

  4. Consultant Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Malavika Nathan

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Arum Parthipun

  2. Royal Free London Hospital, London, UK

    Malavika Nathan

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Chow, G., Armstrong, T., Parthipun, A., Nathan, M. (2023). Hip Arthroplasty: Abnormal Postoperative Findings. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_267

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