Disassembly of the inner head of a bipolar hip prosthesis

We report an extremely rare case of inner head displacement from the stem of a bipolar hip prosthesis (BHP). An 88-year-old woman underwent BHP implantation for right femoral neck fracture. However, severe right hip joint pain occurred 12 days after surgery. A plain radiogram film revealed displacem...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Toyota, MD, Hiroshi Horiuchi, MD, PhD, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, MD, Ikuya Yamazaki, MD, Tsutomu Takizawa, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344118300360