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Early loosening and secondary dislocation due to a broken trochanteric osteotomy wire following a Charnley total hip arthroplasty: a case report

We report a case of interposition of a broken trochanteric wire in the hip joint. This caused early wear of the prosthesis and dislocation of the Charnley total hip arthroplasty. The patient was treated with a revision total hip arthroplasty. This rare complication should be taken into consideration...

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Autores principales: Shahin, Yousef, Choudhary, Rakesh, Al-Naser, Saeed, Mullins, Mark
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-7117