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INTRA-ARTICULAR LOCAL ANAESTHESIA FOR PAIN AFTER HIP ARTHROPLASTY

R. W. Crawford, FRACS Orth, Joint Replacement Fellow; A. M. Ellis, FRACS Orth, Joint Replacement Fellow; G. A. Gie, FRCS, FRCS Ed(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon; and R. S. M. Ling, OBE, FRCS, FRCS Ed (Hon), Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Wonford Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 4UE, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Professor R. S. M. Ling at 2 The Quadrant, Wonford Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 4LE, UK.

We investigated 15 patients with painful hip arthroplasties using intra-articular injection of bupivicaine. Fourteen had pain relief and 13 of them were subsequently found to have loosening of one or both components. The relief of pain after total hip arthroplasty by intra-articular injection of bupivicaine indicates that a satisfactory result is probable after revision surgery with refixation of the components.






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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General