Fracture of the femoral alignment stem of a hip resurfacing arthroplasty: A case report


Published online: Feb 27 2011

Mohammed A. Bhutta, Vinod B. Shah

From East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn, United Kingdom

Abstract

Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty has become increasingly popular for the treatment of osteoarthritis in a younger patient population. While the initial complication of femoral neck fracture is being addressed, we describe a fracture of the femoral alignment stem in a component two years from the primary procedure.