Osteolysis, wear and failure of a migrating acetabular component. A roentgen stereophotogram case report.
The migration of an acetabular component, revised 12 years postoperatively, was clearly detectable within the first year after operation by roentgen stereophotogram analysis. The failure was probably the result of an early initiated prosthetic loosening.
Onsten
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Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
Mjöberg
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D000077:Acetabulum; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010780:Photogrammetry; D011475:Prosthesis Failure