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Treatment of an old infection in a total hip replacement with an interim spacer prosthesis

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When treating a septic hip-joint prosthesis with bone loss of the proximal femur secondary to osteomyelitis, we implanted a specially designed prosthesis to act as a local antibiotic and spacer between the acetabulum and femur until the infection abated. Arthroplasty could then be carried out with no trouble and there was no recurrence of infection.

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  1. Orthopedic Surgery Department, Medical Faculty of the University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    K.-W. Zilkens, H.-R. Casser & J. Ohnsorge

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  1. K.-W. Zilkens
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. G. Imhaeuser on his 77th birthday

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Zilkens, KW., Casser, HR. & Ohnsorge, J. Treatment of an old infection in a total hip replacement with an interim spacer prosthesis. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 109, 94–96 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00439386

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