Early post-traumatic avascular necrosis with secondary osteoarthritis following an acetabular fracture in a 19-year-old patient treated with total hip arthroplasty: a case report
Hamza Khaiata, Osman Desho, Ahmad Abdul Hakim Alhamid, Mostafa Sagheer, Yaman Jamal Qoudra Danial · 2026
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Doctors report the case of a 19-year-old man whose hip joint failed a year after a crash injury. His hip socket had cracked and the joint had slipped out of place. Surgeons had fixed the break with plates and screws at the time. A year on, he had growing pain in the left hip and could barely move the joint. Scans showed the ball of the thigh bone had died from lost blood flow and the joint had worn out.
With the joint too far gone to save, the team replaced the whole hip with an artificial one. They used a cement-free ceramic joint through a side approach. His course after surgery was smooth, with no setbacks. At the 90-day check he had no pain, full hip movement, and was back to daily life. The report weighs why joint loss can strike so young after this injury.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hamza Khaiata, Osman Desho, Ahmad Abdul Hakim Alhamid, Mostafa Sagheer, Yaman Jamal Qoudra Danial |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |