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Orthopedic Robot-Assisted Femoral Neck System in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fracture
Published on: March 3, 2023
A novel surgical tool for the revision hip arthroplasty due to neck stem's fracture
T B Grivas1, E Magnissalis2, S Papadakis3
1Orthopaedic and Trauma Department, Tzaneio General Hospital of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece.
Abstract:
During revision surgery of total hip arthroplasties, surgeons may come across the challenging complication of a proximally fractured femoral stem, which however maintains sufficient distal fixation. Such cases, although rare, are extremely demanding due to lack of available attachments that would assist surgical explantation of the broken implant. It is herein presented a metal sterilisable surgical tool designed for the removal of the femoral stem broken at the level of the "neck". Hippokratia 2015; 19 (4): 352-355.
