Hip Spacers with a Metal-on-Cement Articulation Did Not Show Significant Surface Alterations of the Metal Femoral Head in Two-Stage Revision for Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Hip Spacers with a Metal-on-Cement Articulation Did Not Show Significant Surface Alterations of the Metal Femoral Head in Two-Stage Revision for Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Two-stage revision is considered the gold standard treatment for chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). During the interim period, between explantation of the infected hip endoprosthesis and revision arthroplasty, individually formed articulating hip spacers made of polymethylmethacrylate (PM...

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Main Authors: Andre Lunz, Robert Sonntag, J. Philippe Kretzer, Sebastian Jaeger, Therese Bormann, Marcus R. Streit, Nicholas A. Beckmann, Burkhard Lehner, Georg W. Omlor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
periprosthetic joint infection
cement spacer
articulating spacer
hip spacer
two-stage revision
surface alteration
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/17/3882

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