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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 88-B, Issue 12, 1652-1653.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B12.18299  
Copyright © 2006 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Fracture of the stem of the femoral component after resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip

N. K. Bowman, MB, ChB, BSc, MRCS(Ed), Specialist Registrar1; T. A. Bucher, MB BS, MRCS, Specialist Registrar2; and A. A. Bassily, MCh, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1

1 Orthopaedic Department, Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5NY, UK.
2 Orthopaedic Department, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8AT, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr N. K. Bowman; e-mail: drnickbowman{at}doctors.org.uk

Resurfacing arthroplasties of the hip are being undertaken with increasing frequency and the complications associated with this procedure are well documented. We have encountered a further problem with a fracture of the centralising peg of the femoral component in a prosthesis which had been in situ for three years.




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J Bone Joint Surg Br Online, 22 Dec 2006 [Full text]
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J Bone Joint Surg Br Online, 26 Jan 2007 [Full text]
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J Bone Joint Surg Br Online, 17 Jan 2008 [Full text]

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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General