Failure of a stainless-steel femoral head of a revision total hip arthroplasty performed after a fracture of a ceramic femoral head: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1355-1360

  Allain, J ^a   Goutallier, D ^a   Voisin, M C ^a   Lemouel, S ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0031664878     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199809000-00016     Document Type: Article

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