Fracture risk of tapered modular revision stems: a failure analysis

Fractures of well-ingrown femoral components are a rare and often challenging complication after revision total hip arthroplasty. Prior series have documented catastrophic failure at the modular junction of revision femoral components. However, to the authors' knowledge, there has been only 1 r...

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Main Authors: Kilian Rueckl, MD, Peter K. Sculco, MD, Jonathan Berliner, MD, Michael B. Cross, MD, Chelsea Koch, BS, Friedrich Boettner, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344117301486