Abstract:Hip arthroplasty has become a common surgical procedure in joint surgery for the treatment of fractures involving the hip, moderate to severe osteoarthritis, bone tumors, congenital dysplasia and so on. With the continuous maturation of hip replacement tech- nique and improvement of prosthetic materials, the stability of the artificial joint has improved greatly, whereas wear of the prosthesis is de- creasing. However, postoperative complications such as wear and loosening of the prosthesis are inevitable due to the relative movement be- tween prosthetic components and electrolysis and degeneration of the materials, as well as the improper placement of the prosthesis. Liner separation is an extremely rare postoperative complication, and research on the mechanism of occurrence, diagnosis and treatment of liner separation is even rarer, with its diagnosis mainly focused on X-ray. This article reports a case of a patient with a separated liner that is not easily diagnosed definitively, with a review of relevant literature about this catastrophic complication.