Ostapczuk M S, Ritte T, Dicks M, Jonas M
Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, St. Josef Krankenhaus Moers, Asberger Str. 4, 47441, Moers, Deutschland.
Orthopade. 2017 Oct;46(10):872-876. doi: 10.1007/s00132-017-3459-6.
Traumatic dislocations of a hip prosthesis are not uncommon, and spontaneous repositions are well documented as well. To the best of our knowledge, however, there has been no report of a spontaneous reposition of a dislocated hip prosthesis head on the stem taper. We present such a rare case.