Abstract
A 79-year old female presented with broken REEFTM stem (Depuy) femur prosthesis. She had three hip surgeries for trauma, followed by primary hip replacement (15 years before presenting) and later fifth surgery (seven years before presenting) for periprosthetic subtrochanteric femur fracture with a Depuy REEFTM stem system. The non-union at left femur subtrochanteric region fracture landed in this implant failure. The complex medical comorbidities and multiple hip surgeries made this a high-risk scenario. Patient recuperated satisfactorily but passed away 2 years post-operatively with urosepsis. Conclusion is tha no prosthetic stem can be completely immune to failure.
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