How to do a hip disarticulation

Yewon David Kim; Rowan Gillies; Varun Harish

doi:10.1111/ans.19330

How to do a hip disarticulation

ANZ J Surg. 2024 Dec 6. doi: 10.1111/ans.19330. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yewon David Kim¹, Rowan Gillies¹, Varun Harish^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Burns, Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 39641379
DOI: 10.1111/ans.19330

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.

Publication types

Case Reports