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Mechanical failure in double cup arthroplasty of the hip

✍ Scribed by D. Hernandez-Vaquero

Publisher
Springer
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
368 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
0341-2695

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✦ Synopsis

Mechanical complications of double cup arthroplasty of the hip are common, particularly loosening of the components. This paper describes a series of 26 such operations with an average follow-up of 67 months. There was a failure rate or 53.8% and these hips had to be revised with another type of replacement. Our results are compared with other reported series.

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