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Fatigue Fracture in Dual Modular Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Stems: Failure Analysis and Computed Tomography Diagnostics in Two Cases.

Norman, Pontus ; Iyengar, Srinivasan ; Svensson, Ingrid and Flivik, Gunnar LU (2014) In Journal of Arthroplasty 29(4). p.850-855
Abstract
We report on two patients with fracture of a modular, tapered and distally fixed, uncemented titanium revision hip stem, not previously described. A failure analysis revealed that the cause of the fractures was the development of fatigue cracks in the mid-stem cobalt-chromium modular junction ending in corrosion-fatigue failure. No material defects or stress risers were found in any of the implants. The diameter of the mid-stem modular junction might be undersized for use in heavy and active patients. We also report a new way of detecting an undisplaced fracture at the modular junction, using the scout image from a computed tomography (CT) scan; a technique that can be used when plain radiographs are inconclusive.
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Journal of Arthroplasty
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10.1016/j.arth.2013.09.008
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  abstract     = {{We report on two patients with fracture of a modular, tapered and distally fixed, uncemented titanium revision hip stem, not previously described. A failure analysis revealed that the cause of the fractures was the development of fatigue cracks in the mid-stem cobalt-chromium modular junction ending in corrosion-fatigue failure. No material defects or stress risers were found in any of the implants. The diameter of the mid-stem modular junction might be undersized for use in heavy and active patients. We also report a new way of detecting an undisplaced fracture at the modular junction, using the scout image from a computed tomography (CT) scan; a technique that can be used when plain radiographs are inconclusive.}},
  author       = {{Norman, Pontus and Iyengar, Srinivasan and Svensson, Ingrid and Flivik, Gunnar}},
  issn         = {{0883-5403}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{850--855}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Arthroplasty}},
  title        = {{Fatigue Fracture in Dual Modular Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Stems: Failure Analysis and Computed Tomography Diagnostics in Two Cases.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2013.09.008}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.arth.2013.09.008}},
  volume       = {{29}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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