Catastrophic Failure of a Prosthetic Femoral Stem due to Component Malposition: A Case Report.

Authors

Adam C Pasquinelly, Brandon Sharkey, Alicia M Nahhas, Isaac A Arefi, David Yatsonsky, Connor D Burke, Gregory M Georgiadis

Published in

Case reports in orthopedics. Volume 2026. Pages 9173171. Epub Aug 16, 2026.

Abstract

Implant fracture is a rare but devastating complication of total hip arthroplasty (THA). We present the case of a patient with a history of prior acetabular fracture who underwent conversion to a dual mobility (DM) THA and subsequently fractured at the neck of the femoral component 7 years after surgery. At revision, both the femoral and acetabular components were noted to be clinically retroverted, suggesting chronic anterior impingement as the cause of the catastrophic failure.

PMID:
42609410
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 18 Aug 2026.

Read full publication at:
Please sign in to see all details.

Stats

1-terrible, 9-excellent. How would you rate this publication? Sign in in to submit your rating.

Post a comment

You need to be signed in to post comments. You can sign in here.

Comments

There are no comments yet.