Acetabular Reconstruction Using Multiple Porous Tantalum Augments: Three-Quarter Football Augment

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(a) Intraoperative photo of the acetabulum with the trial cup in situ in the original hip center. Large secondary spherical bone defect evident overlying the previous pseudoarthrosis. (b) Intraoperative photo using three tantalum augments and cementing them together in a “football configuration.” (c) Intraoperative photo showing the tantalum augments in situ filling the cranial acetabular defect. Underneath, we see the cemented Mark III cup with the ceramic head.

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