A 51 year-old man developed an extensive osteolytic response to wear debris in an uncemented porous-coated total hip arthroplasty, with metal/polyethylene interface, which had been implanted eighteen years previously. This reaction, which involved the upper femur and the ilium, produced a mass which compressed the pelvic viscera.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3619782 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002640050300 | DOI Listing |
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