Late infection after total hip replacement

1 February 1977

journal article
Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Vol. 59-B (1) , 42-44
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.59b1.845227

Abstract

Four patients who developed deep infection of six hips, on average three and a half years after total replacement by McKee-Farrar prostheses, are described. In each case there was strong evidence that the source of the infection was a distant focus.

Keywords

LATE INFECTION
HALF YEARS
STRONG EVIDENCE
MCKEE FARRAR
DEVELOPED DEEP
SIX HIPS
REPLACEMENT FOUR
FARRAR PROSTHESES