Bilateral acetabular fractures treated with delayed total hip arthroplasty

Jessica H. Heyer, MD; Savyasachi C. Thakkar, MD; Kyle Zittel, BA; James E. Tozzi, MD

Arthroplasty Today (Jun 2020)

Bilateral acetabular fractures treated with delayed total hip arthroplasty

Jessica H. Heyer, MD,
Savyasachi C. Thakkar, MD,
Kyle Zittel, BA,
James E. Tozzi, MD

Affiliations

Jessica H. Heyer, MD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, George Washington University, 2300 M Street, NW 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Tel.: +1 202 741 3300.
Savyasachi C. Thakkar, MD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
Kyle Zittel, BA: University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA
James E. Tozzi, MD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 236 – 240

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Acetabular fractures after seizures are uncommon, and fewer than 30 cases are described in the literature. We present a patient with bilateral acetabular fractures after a seizure, with bilateral quadrilateral plate destruction and protrusio deformity. The patient underwent delayed staggered bilateral total hip arthroplasty 3 months after initial injury, with use of the femoral head as autograft for the protrusio deformities.

Published in Arthroplasty Today

ISSN: 2352-3441 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/arthroplasty-today/

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