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surface of the metatarsal head. 56 Clinically, silicone synovitis presents as joint pain and inflammation with tender swelling of regional lymph nodes. 23 This usually requires removal of the implant, which resolves the symptoms. 28 The
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to functional performance, revision rate, and long-term outcomes. Silicone joint spacers carry a risk of implant breakage and associated silicone synovitis. Overall, the silicone spacer produces fairly consistent results with good pain relief and
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, with a substantial risk of fragmentation of the implant 8 – 10 resulting in silicone synovitis, it is unclear which type of metallic RHP is superior. Taking the enormous discrepancies in failure rates into account, the aim of the current study was
