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Surgery was indicated for both painful loosening of a radial head prosthesis and an osteochondral fracture of the capitulum humeri (white arrow).
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Waiting for the already scheduled operation, the second fall occurred, resulting in an additional fracture of the humeral capitulum (Figure 2).
On postoperative X-ray, the MAGNEZIX CS can be identified as mildly radiopaque structure.
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At one-year follow-up, the patient showed an excellent clinical result. The contour of the MAGNEZIX CS implant is still clearly visible.
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The contour of the implant was still visible on plain radiographs, and the surrounding bone and joint structures seemed radiographically undisturbed (Figure 4).