Perioperative sickle cell anemia considerations for total hip arthroplasty: case report
Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 47 (4), 2019
Abstract Sickle cell anemia or drepanocytosis is a hemoglobinopathy with autosomal recessive inheritance. A longer life expectancy of these patients and the fact that 50% have aseptic osteonecrosis of the hip make total hip arthroplasty a frequent procedure. We present the case of a 34-year-old male diag...