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SUCCESSIVE DISLOCATIONS OF A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY COMPLICATED BY ACRYLIC CEMENT INTERPOSITION
Author(s) -
Theis J. C.,
Dunbar J. D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1990.tb07503.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cement , prosthesis , total hip arthroplasty , reduction (mathematics) , total hip replacement , surgery , acrylic resin , dentistry , composite material , materials science , geometry , mathematics , coating
A case of two successive dislocations of a total hip arthoplasty in a single patient, complicated by acrylic cement interposition, is reported. Open reduction and removal of the cement was necessary in each case. This illustrates the importance of removing all cement debris at the time of prosthesis implantation.