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Therapy of a Chronically Infected Total Femur Prothesis in a 40-year-old Patient
Julia Elisabeth Lenz1, Florian Baumann1, Volker Alt1
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Deutschland.
Abstract:
We report a case of a patient who was treated in 1999 at the age of 19 years with a proximal femur replacement due to Ewing sarcoma. After several infection-associated exchange procedures, the patient presented with a fistula and chronic infection of a total femur prosthesis in August 2019 at the age of 40 years. Interdisciplinary treatment with a 3-stage exchange procedure and implantation of a silver-coated total femur prosthesis was successfully performed and hip disarticulation could be avoided. After a follow-up of 2 years, the patient showed uneventful wound healing and full weight bearing without crutches.
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