Extraction of a Fractured, Well-Fixed Femoral Stem Using a Lateral Cortical Window Technique in Revision Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report
Mayank Vijayvargiya, Timothy Rodricks · 2026
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Description
Mayank Vijayvargiya and Timothy Rodricks describe a window-in-the-bone technique for removing a broken, firmly fixed hip stem. Their case report appeared in twenty twenty-six. Stem fractures cluster at the stressed mid-section, and extracting a well-grown fragment is a surgical headache.
The patient was a sixty-one-year-old woman whose fourteen-year-old hip implant had snapped below the hip joint. At revision surgery, a lateral window was cut in the thigh bone with a high-speed burr. Pits drilled into the exposed metal let surgeons knock the fragment out backward. A long replacement stem and modern cup rebuilt the hip. She bore weight at once, and the window healed well. At one year she remained pain-free.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mayank Vijayvargiya, Timothy Rodricks |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |