title: Forgotten intrauterine contraceptive device - A threat to total hip prosthesis: A case report with review of the literature.
abstract: Primary total hip replacement has become a routine procedure these days. With improvement in surgical techniques and implant designs, the survival rate of prosthesis has increased significantly but unfortunately, prosthetic infections though uncommon continue to be a threatening complication. We present a detailed review of the literature along with a case report of infected total hip prosthesis in a 36-year-old female who had been operated 6 years back. The causative organism was found to be Actinomyces israelii which was related to an infected intrauterine device used for contraception that had been forgotten after being implanted 8 years earlier.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Sonam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Director and Professor, Department of Orthopedics, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana 122107, India.
authors.forename: Sansar Chand
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Actinomyces israelii; Haematogenous; Hip prosthesis; Intrauterine contraceptive device; Late infection