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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan-Feb;95(1-2):262-263.
doi: 10.1111/ans.19330. Epub 2024 Dec 6.

How to do a hip disarticulation

Yewon David Kim  1 , Rowan Gillies  1 , Varun Harish  1   2
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How to do a hip disarticulation

Yewon David Kim et al. ANZ J Surg. 2025 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Hip disarticulation is a salvage procedure for several hip and pelvic pathologies including recalcitrant pressure sores and pelvic soft tissue and bone neoplasms. This 'How I do it' article provides a detailed technique for hip disarticulation utilizing an anteromedial thigh myocutaneous flap.

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References

    1. Wakelin SJ, Oliver CW, Kaufman MH. Hip disarticulation ‐ the evolution of a surgical technique. Injury 2004; 35: 299–308.

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