title: Failure after customized curved femoral stems in total hip arthroplasty for Paget's disease.
abstract: We describe 2 patients with Paget's disease who underwent total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthrosis. In view of the femoral deformity in each case, a custom-made, long, curved femoral stem was used. Both patients have subsequently sustained periprosthetic fractures at the level of the tip of the prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: The Arthroplasty Service, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Donnachie
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Treacy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000601:surgery*; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure