Failed closed reduction of hip arthroplasty secondary to prosthetic incarceration in the pelvis.
This report describes a patient with dislocation of a unipolar hemiarthroplasty that could not be reduced by closed reduction methods because of perforation of the prosthesis through the ileum.
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Mark A
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Forth Worth Affiliated Hospitals Orthopaedic Program, John Peter Smith Hospital, Texas 76104, USA.
Wagner
Russell A
RA
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D017211:Treatment Failure