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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 1990
Case ReportsTreatment of an old infection in a total hip replacement with an interim spacer prosthesis.
- K W Zilkens, H R Casser, and J Ohnsorge.
- Orthopedic Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, University of Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany.
- Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1990 Jan 1; 109 (2): 94-6.
AbstractWhen treating a septic hip-joint prosthesis with bone loss of the proximal femur secondary to osteomyelitis, we implanted a specially designed prosthesis to act as a local antibiotic and spacer between the acetabulum and femur until the infection abated. Arthroplasty could then be carried out with no trouble and there was no recurrence of infection.
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