title: [A most unusual foreign body in the cecum].
abstract: The authors report a rare complication of total hip replacement - the intrapelvic migration of a hip prosthesis resulting in a cecal fistula.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale viscérale, digestive, thoracique et endocrinienne, Centre hospitalier Belfort-Montbéliard - Belfort. sfennich@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fennich
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sader
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Houzé
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kahi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chazelet
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Febvey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002432:Cecum; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D007813:Laparotomy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed