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Staged Custom, Intramedullary Antibiotic Spacers for Severe Segmental Bone Loss in Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty

Introduction. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) infections with severe bone loss pose significant reconstructive challenges. We present our experience with two-stage hip reimplantation using an intramedullary, antibiotic-impregnated nail. Methods. Three patients with infected THA with severe proximal fem...

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Autores principales: Kamath, Atul F., Anakwenze, Okechukwu, Lee, Gwo-Chin, Nelson, Charles L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991412
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/398954