title: Unusual way of loosened total hip arthroplasty treatment with an Austin Moore endoprosthesis.
abstract: A 65-year-old female patient with aseptic loosening of total cemented hip endoprosthesis and pathologic fracture of the femur at the level of the stem of endoprosthesis was presented. As no appropriate endoprosthesis was available due to the war in Croatia and war priority, the problem was managed by femur osteosynthesis and implantation of a partial Austin Moore hip endoprosthesis. The endoprosthesis is still functioning well (for 20 years).To the best of the author's knowledge, nobody has ever treated problem like this using this alternative, an unconventional method, with an Austin Moore endoprosthesis.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erceg
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Becic
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001843:Bone Cements; D017523:Croatia; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements