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Case Reports
. 1991 Jan-Mar;76(1):83-5.

Loosening of a hip prosthesis in a patient affected with tabetic disease

[Article in English, Italian]
G Gualtieri  1 , A Sudanese, A Toni, A Giunti
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  • PMID: 1893790
Case Reports

Loosening of a hip prosthesis in a patient affected with tabetic disease

[Article in English, Italian]
G Gualtieri et al. Chir Organi Mov. 1991 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

The authors present a case of hip Charcot joint treated with cemented arthroplasty. Although there was only weak serological positiveness for lues and no neurological changes associated with the disease, three months after surgery there was dislocation and loosening of the prosthesis.

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