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Title:

Treatment of recurrent dislocation associated with impingement after revision total hip arthroplasty.

Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article
Author(s):
Bader, R; Barbano, R; Mittelmeier, W
Abstract:
The authors report a case of total hip replacement in which, following several revision operations ending up in a Girdlestone arthroplasty, a patient presented recurrent episodes of posterior dislocation of his total hip prosthesis after revision using an antiprotrusio cage. The main causes for dislocation were anterior impingement of the neck against the anterior wall of the antiprotrusio cage and slackness of the periarticular musculature, due to shortening and reduced femoral offset. In order...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Acta Orthop Belg
Year:
2005
Journal volume:
71
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
98-101
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15792215
Print-ISSN:
0001-6462
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie und Sportorthopädie
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