Girdlestone procedure for avascular necrosis of the hip in an intravenous drug user
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Girdlestone procedure for avascular necrosis of the hip in an intravenous drug user
The Girdlestone procedure is an excision arthroplasty of the hip. Rarely used nowadays, it was required in a young patient following discovery of avascular necrosis of the femoral head as a result of septic emboli from infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug user. This procedure was deemed necessary based on poor cardiac function and anaesthetic risk. During this case report we will discu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rju039