Obturator hernia presenting as hip pain: a case report.

We report an 86-year-old women with an obturator hernia presenting with recurrent right hip pain. Obturator hernia is a diagnostic challenge because the hernial mass is usually concealed beneath the pectineus. It should be suspected in emaciated, multiparous, elderly women presenting with unexplained pain in the groin, hip, thigh, or knee. High levels of clinical suspicion of the high-risk patients and recourse to investigation by computed tomography are important, as delay in diagnosis and treatment is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.

Patellar clunk syndrome after posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty.

Two hundred thirty-six posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) were performed consecutively. Twenty-seven patellar clunk syndromes were identified in 25 patients. Insall-Salvati ratio, position of joint line, postoperative patellar height, and anterior-posterior position of tibial tray were measured. It was found that postoperative low-lying patella (P<.001) and anterior placement of tibial tray (P=.011) was associated with patellar clunk syndrome. Thirteen patients had bilateral TKAs of the same prosthesis (5 bilateral AMK knees and 8 bilateral Insall Burstein knees) but unilateral patellar clunk syndrome. The nonclunk sides were used as control for comparison with the clunk sides. The congruency and tilting of the patellar button in the skyline view were documented. It was observed that the congruency of the patellar button was less satisfactory in the clunk side (P=.019).

Acetabular revision without cement.

We reviewed the clinical and radiologic results of 47 cementless acetabular revisions performed by a single surgeon. The mean follow-up period was 58 months. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) acetabular defect classification was type I in 4 hips, type II in 9 hips, and type III in 32 hips. All patients received AML (Depuy, Warsaw, IN) Duraloc cup implants. Morcellized allograft was used in 23 hips (49%), and screw augmentation in 22 hips (47%). The Harris Hip score improved from 72 to 90 points. No revisions were performed for aseptic loosening. Nonprogressive thin radiolucent lines were found in a single zone in 10 hips (21%) and in all 3 zones in 5 hips (11%). No migration was found in any cups with radiolucent lines, and the presence of a radiolucent line was considered clinically unimportant. Progressive loosening with migration of the cup was found in 1 hip (2%). Kaplan-Meier survivorship using revision for aseptic loosening or radiologic loosening as end points was 92% at 72 months. No statistically significant difference was found in the survival of the cups fixed with or without screws. These encouraging midterm results confirm the role of cementless acetabular revision.