[Late external iliac vein injury after total hip arthroplasty--a case report]

The use of bone cement during total hip prosthesis implantation despite it's advantages triggers of some local and general complications. The paper presents and classifies most cement related complications, with special attention to vessel complications. This paper includes an external vein injury, which occurred 5 years after a total hip replacement procedure. Chronic erosion and mechanical stress of the iliac vein by a cement hook was the cause of this complication. It has been stress that most vascular complications are a result of imperfect surgical technique.