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- Title
Failure of the Polyethylene Linear of a Bipolar Hip Prosthesis Resulting in Deep Defect and Impending Fracture of the Neck of the Femoral Stem Component.
- Authors
Tsai, Tsung-Ting; Hsu, Robert Wen-Wei; Shih, Hsin-Nung; Huang, Tsung-Jen
- Abstract
This paper reports a case involving failure of the polyethylene liner of a Mecron bipolar hip prosthesis with impingement of varus metal shell on the femoral stem neck resulting in deep defect and impending fracture of femoral stem components.
- Subjects
ARTIFICIAL hip joints; POLYETHYLENE; MEDICAL polymers
- Publication
Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, 2002, Vol 6, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
0218-9577
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0218957702000824