title: [Paraproctic fistula in acetabulum loosening after implantation of a total hip endoprosthesis. A rare complication].
abstract: In this paper we present the unusual case of a fistula after implantation of a total hip prosthesis. In a 75-year old woman with a fracture of the thigh bone, we observed a paraproctic fistula 42 months after implantation of a total hip prosthesis. To our knowledge there have been no such cases reported with this complication. Thus, we wound like to demonstrate the progress of the illness, the first symptoms, and the kind and success of the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loggen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Holmenschlager
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Redlich
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winckler
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation