Hector Vidal Trueba, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Elena Gallardo MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Rosa Maria A. Landeras MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Rosario Garcia-Barredo, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Rosa De La Puente, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gerardo Lopez Rasines MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Describe a systematic MSCT protocol to measure acetabular and femoral components positioning. Illustrate the MSCT findings of the most frequent complications of hip replacement. Propose a systematic reading method of the different components and possible pathologies that could be the origin of the symptoms.  

This exhibit will be divided into four main parts: A) Early complications: dislocations, fractures and infections B) Late complications: septic and mechanical loosening , components migration, particle disease, fractures and heterotopic ossification C) Specific complications of resurfacing arthroplasty D) Check list  

Hip replacement is one of the most frequent orthopedic treatment with a high rate of success and few complications. Follow-up, in symptomatic patients, is usually performed with simple radiographies and bone scintigraphy, due to the important metallic artifact on MR and MCTC. However a proper MSCT study protocol and a systematic reading can be extremely useful in these patients. In this exhibit we illustrate the most important complications of hip replacement and propose a systematic reading method.

Vidal Trueba, H, Gallardo, E, Landeras, R, Garcia-Barredo, R, De La Puente, R, Lopez Rasines, G, MSCT in the Evaluation of Painful Hip Replacement: A Pictorial Guide.  Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, December 1 - December 6, 2013 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2013/13016806.html