Hemiarthroplasty in a patient with severe systemic sclerosis
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Nirav H. Amin & Geoffrey deLaurier & Craig O’Neill & Douglas Cerynik & Norman Johanson
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) is a connective tissue disorder of unknown etiology. This rare, chronic, multisystem disorder encompasses a number of variations leading to focal and systemic classifications, which includes features such as skin thickening. The changes within the skin microstructure have led to numerous surgical complications. In a review of the orthopedic literature, we found no reports describing surgical outcomes or the success of skin closures in procedures related to the hip for patients with scleroderma. We present a case of a 74-year-old man with a history of scleroderma who underwent a bipolar hemiarthroplasty to repair a right transcervical femoral neck fracture. The risk factors associated with wound healing and effects of skin contractures in systemic sclerosis patients are reviewed.
Clin Rheumatol (2011) 30:735–737 Received: 22 December 2010 / Accepted: 4 January 2011 / Published online: 18 January 2011
