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Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure
We report about a fracture of a modular, uncemented femoral revision stem (Zimmer, Revitan®) due to a not previously described intraoperative technical problem. During implantation, a small ring, part of the proximal part of the trial stem, was left on the distal part of the definite stem. Following...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029440/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9691627 |
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description | We report about a fracture of a modular, uncemented femoral revision stem (Zimmer, Revitan®) due to a not previously described intraoperative technical problem. During implantation, a small ring, part of the proximal part of the trial stem, was left on the distal part of the definite stem. Following this, the top screwcap of the proximal part of the definite stem could not be tightened properly. However, the stem was thought to be stable, and the situation left. Two and a half years later, the proximal part of the stem fractured and the situation became unstable. It is very useful to know about this ring and that it should always be removed, otherwise, there is possibility that it may be left on the definite distal part of the stem with the possibility of a later fracture. |
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spelling | pubmed-60294402018-07-17 Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure Herold, Falko Eijer, Henk Case Rep Orthop Case Report We report about a fracture of a modular, uncemented femoral revision stem (Zimmer, Revitan®) due to a not previously described intraoperative technical problem. During implantation, a small ring, part of the proximal part of the trial stem, was left on the distal part of the definite stem. Following this, the top screwcap of the proximal part of the definite stem could not be tightened properly. However, the stem was thought to be stable, and the situation left. Two and a half years later, the proximal part of the stem fractured and the situation became unstable. It is very useful to know about this ring and that it should always be removed, otherwise, there is possibility that it may be left on the definite distal part of the stem with the possibility of a later fracture. Hindawi 2018-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6029440/ /pubmed/30018836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9691627 Text en Copyright © 2018 Falko Herold and Henk Eijer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Herold, Falko Eijer, Henk Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure |
title | Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure |
title_full | Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure |
title_fullStr | Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure |
title_full_unstemmed | Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure |
title_short | Fracture of a Femoral Revision Stem following a Technical Failure |
title_sort | fracture of a femoral revision stem following a technical failure |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029440/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9691627 |
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