Treatment of an old infection in a total hip replacement with an interim spacer prosthesis.
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.
Zilkens
K W
KW
Orthopedic Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, University of Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany.
Casser
H R
HR
Ohnsorge
J
J
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*
D005839:Gentamicins