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Early intraprosthetic dislocation of a total hip replacement with dual mobility socket: clinical presentation and update review.

Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol

November 2012

Orthopaedic and Traumatology Surgery "A", Font-Pré Hospital, Intercommunal Hospital of Toulon, La Seyne/mer, Colonel Picot avenue, 1208, PB # 1412, 83056, Toulon cedex, France.

Intraprosthetic dislocation is a rare complication in dual mobility hip prostheses, which usually occurs after the third postoperative year due to wear of the polyethylene retentive rim. We report a rare and non-described case of a patient who presented disassembly of the polyethylene insert from his dual mobility socket at nine postoperative months, secondary to several reduction attempts of a posterior dislocation of his prosthesis.

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