title: Early loosening and secondary dislocation due to a broken trochanteric osteotomy wire following a Charnley total hip arthroplasty: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of interposition of a broken trochanteric wire in the hip joint. This caused early wear of the prosthesis and dislocation of the Charnley total hip arthroplasty. The patient was treated with a revision total hip arthroplasty. This rare complication should be taken into consideration when performing a trochanteric osteotomy fixation with wiring in Charnley total hip arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics Morriston Hospital Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 6NL United Kingdom. yousef.shahin@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shahin
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Naser
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mullins