It was reported that the patient was admitted due to pain, swelling and a warm knee 4 days postoperatively.Surgeon performed thorough i&d, component exchange and placement of antibiotic beads.Aspiration prior to surgery led surgeon to believe it was infected.Components were not ingrown as they had only been in for 5 days.Loosening due to time in the body.It takes approximately 6 weeks for implants to ingrow, these had 4-5 days.The whole femur was replaced to include the pin.Doi: (b)(6) 2020, dor: (b)(6) 2020, right knee.
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