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Stem fracture of conserve hemiarthroplasty

Eric Stem1, Gavan Duffy, Kurt Blasser

  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

The Journal of Arthroplasty
|October 16, 2004
PubMed

Resurfacing hemiarthroplasty of the femoral head has been recommended as a bone-preserving alternative to total hip arthroplasty for the management of osteonecrosis of the femoral head in the young patient. This case report describes failure of a cemented resurfacing hemiarthroplasty resulting from a fracture through the stem of the implant.

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