Ultrathin silver multilayer coating for cementless hip prostheses shows successful clinical outcome with good osseointegration after bilateral destructive septic arthritis of the hip - A case report.

This case report is about a 61-year-old patient with rapid destruction of both hip joints due to septic arthritis that was successfully treated with a staged implantation of silver-coated hip prostheses with an ultrathin silver multilayer coating. At a three-year follow-up, there were no signs of infection, a good state of all prosthetic components was noted and the functional outcome was excellent.