{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Forgotten intrauterine contraceptive device - A threat to total hip prosthesis: A case report with review of the literature.
{Author}: Sharma S;Sharma SC;
{Journal}: J Clin Orthop Trauma
{Volume}: 7
{Issue}: 2
{Year}: Apr-Jun 2016
暂无{DOI}: 10.1016/j.jcot.2015.10.001
{Abstract}: 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.