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Preoperative and postoperative 2-year pelvis anteroposterior radiographs of the patient.
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Radiographies revealed bilateral osteoarthritis of the hip, secondary to developmental hip dysplasia, and the patient underwent bilateral total hip arthroplasty (Figure 1).
Postoperative 4-year pelvis anteroposterior and hip lateral radiographs of the patient showing medial migration of the broken cable part.
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In routine radiographies, it was discovered that the trochanteric cable was broken and approximately 5 cm part of the cable migrated medially (Figure 2).
Broken and remaining parts of the cable.
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The broken part of the cable was extracted with a small incision from the medial, while the remaining part was extracted with a larger lateral incision under general anesthesia (Figure 3).