title: Treatment of an old infection in a total hip replacement with an interim spacer prosthesis.
abstract: When 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.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, University of Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Zilkens
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Casser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ohnsorge
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins