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ArticleTrauma case reports2025

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.

Alexander Grüner, Florian Baumann, Markus Rupp, Volker Alt

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Article in Trauma case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alexander GrünerDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.
Florian BaumannDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.
Markus RuppDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.
Volker AltDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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CoatingHipOsseointegrationSeptic arthritisSilver

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PMID40040682
PMCPMC11879659

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