Failure after customized curved femoral stems in total hip arthroplasty for Paget's disease.

Dunlop, D J; Donnachie, N J; Treacy, R B · J Arthroplasty · 2000

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe 2 patients with Paget's disease who underwent total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthrosis. In view of the femoral deformity in each case, a custom-made, long, curved femoral stem was used. Both patients have subsequently sustained periprosthetic fractures at the level of the tip of the prosthesis.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy