title: 30-year survival of a McKee-Farrar hip prosthesis--case report and microscopic analysis of bearing surface.
abstract: We report a case of a female patient using a McKee-Farrar prosthesis for 30 years, until revision surgery for aseptic loosening. Electron microscopy analysis of bearing surface of the retrieved implant was performed, and the results were presented in comparison with previously published papers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Oncology and Traumatology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland. esperal@tlen.pl
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Łapaj
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Markuszewski
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wierusz-Kozłowska
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rybak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012086:Reoperation