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Doerte Krocker1, Carsten Perka
1Orthopedic Department, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|August 15, 2009
Abstract:
Broken cups, wires, and cable systems have the potential to cause complications, and they can migrate into joints, abdominal and thoracic organs. We describe a case of migration and transvaginal emergence of a marker wire from a polyethylene cup.