Fracture of the neck of an uncemented femoral component unrelated to trunnion corrosion

This is the first report, to our knowledge, of a fracture, unrelated to trunnion corrosion, through the midneck of a well-fixed uncemented cobalt-chromium alloy femoral component that had been implanted via a total hip revision arthroplasty 25 years ago. Three years after a second revision for polye...

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Main Authors: Jonathan R. Peterson, MD, Timothy M. Wright, PhD, Samuel S. Wellman, MD, Paul F. Lachiewicz, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344119300081