%0 Journal Article
%T Forgotten intrauterine contraceptive device - A threat to total hip prosthesis: A case report with review of the literature.
%A Sharma S
%A Sharma SC
%J J Clin Orthop Trauma
%V 7
%N 2
%D Apr-Jun 2016
%M 27182152
暂无%R 10.1016/j.jcot.2015.10.001
%X Primary total hip replacement has become a routine procedure these days. With improvement in surgical techniques and implant designs, the survival rate of prosthesis has increased significantly but unfortunately, prosthetic infections though uncommon continue to be a threatening complication. We present a detailed review of the literature along with a case report of infected total hip prosthesis in a 36-year-old female who had been operated 6 years back. The causative organism was found to be Actinomyces israelii which was related to an infected intrauterine device used for contraception that had been forgotten after being implanted 8 years earlier.