Isolated Distal Fibular Stress Fracture after Total Hip Arthroplasty in a Patient with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

Stress fractures following total hip arthroplasty in the lower limbs away from the surgical area are very rare. We report a case of stress fracture in the isolated distal fibula that presented five months after total hip arthroplasty in a patient with developmental dysplasia of the hip. A 67-year-ol...

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Main Authors: Tomofumi Nishino, Fumi Ochiai, Tomohiro Yoshizawa, Hajime Mishima, Masashi Yamazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4218719