Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patient with Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head Following Liver Transplantation - Case Report -

Liver transplantation has improved the survival of patients with end stage liver disease. As the rates of success of liver transplantation continue to increase, more patients who have a liver transplant will become candidates for joint replacement due to osteonecrosis. The incidence of osteonecrosis has been variously reported as from 2% to 8.2% after liver transplantation. However, there are only three reports in the English medical literature about total hip arthroplasty for osteonecrosis of the femoral head following liver transplantation, and especially there has not been such a report from Asian countries. We report here on two patients with transplanted livers and who then underwent total hip arthroplasty.