Forgotten intrauterine contraceptive device - A threat to total hip prosthesis: A case report with review of the literature

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• 作者：Sonam Sharma^a ; ^{drsonamsharma@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sansar Chand Sharma^b
• 关键词：Hip prosthesis ; Intrauterine contraceptive device ; Late infection ; Haematogenous ; Actinomyces israelii
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April-June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：7
• 期：2
• 页码：130-133
• 全文大小：1301 K

文摘

Primary total hip replacement has become a routine procedure these days. With improvement in surgical techniques and implant designs, the survival rate of prosthesis has increased significantly but unfortunately, prosthetic infections though uncommon continue to be a threatening complication. We present a detailed review of the literature along with a case report of infected total hip prosthesis in a 36-year-old female who had been operated 6 years back. The causative organism was found to be Actinomyces israelii which was related to an infected intrauterine device used for contraception that had been forgotten after being implanted 8 years earlier.