Poor reproducibility in radiographic grading of femoral cementing technique in total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 525-528

  Kelly, A J ^a   Lee, M B ^a   Wong, N S ^a   Smith, E J ^a   Learmonth, I D ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cement; femoral; radiography

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMUR; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0029831015     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(96)80104-5     Document Type: Article

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