Survival analysis of hips treated with core decompression or vascularized fibular grafting because of avascular necrosis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1270-1275

  Scully, Sean P ^a   Aaron, Roy K ^b   Urbaniak, James R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE GRAFT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMUR HEAD; FIBULA; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031687610     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199809000-00004     Document Type: Article

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