Prosthetic Neck Fracture in Exeter V40 Stems: A Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature

This report contains 2 acute fractures of the Exeter V40 stem with 2 different types of neck fracture, one at the subcapital level and another at the base of the neck. A review of relevant literature provides an insight into a similar pattern of failures reported in a certain subset of cases. We hyp...

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Main Authors: Balasubramanian Balakumar, MRCS, Sivashanmugam Raju, MD, Karthikeyan Chinnakkannu, MD, Akshay Mehra, FRCS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344120302363