Cement burn of the skin during hip replacement
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- BURSTON, BEN; YATES, PIERS; BANNISTER, GORDON
- Source
- Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Mar 01, 2007 89(2):151-152
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0035-8843
We present the first reported case of a partial thickness burn to the skin from discarded bone cement during a routine total hip replacement (THR). The patient required plastic surgical attention for 5 months before the skin was healed. We summarise the reported incidents of cement burns to various other structures and the circumstances in which these injuries can potentially occur