Complete dislodgement of a femoral component of a knee arthroplasty and expulsion through an infected sinus.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.arth.2011.06.033.
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Abstract
This is an unusual presentation of complete loosening of an infected femoral component of a knee arthroplasty and expulsion of the metal foreign body out of the body.
Medical subject headings
- Foreign-Body Migration
- Knee Prosthesis
- Prosthesis Failure
- Prosthesis-Related Infections
Anatomy
- femur
- knee