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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 80:1244-45 (1998)
© 1998 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Harris S. Yett, M.D., Todd D. Cable, M.D. and Paul A. Sloan, M.D.

TO THE EDITOR:

In the article "Acute Tubular Necrosis of an Allograft Kidney following Total Hip Replacement. A Case Report" (79-A: 1402–1403, Sept. 1997), Cable et al. urged proper protection of an allograft kidney when a total hip replacement is performed with the patient in the lateral decubitus position. This advice is consistent with the recommendation that Zimmerman and I made in 1982, when we reported infarction of a renal transplant during total hip arthroplasty performed with the patient in this position1. We, too, believed that intraoperative pressure from the positioning devices compressed the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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