Ceramic femoral head fractures in total hip arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 328, Issue , 1996, Pages 129-136

  Fritsch, Ekkehard W ^a,b   Gleitz, Markus ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Orthopadische Universitats und P   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIAL STATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0029902177     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199607000-00021     Document Type: Article

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