Radiographic assessment of cup migration and wear after hip replacement

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 68, Issue 276, 1997, Pages

  Ilchmann, Thomas ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030831568     PISSN: 03008827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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