Polyethylene wear after total hip arthroplasty: The effect of a modular femoral head with an extended flange-reinforced neck

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1641-1647

  Urquhart, Andrew G ^a   D'Lima, Darryl D ^a   Venn Watson, Eric ^a   Colwell, Clifford W ^a   Walker, Richard H ^a  

^a SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DEVICE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; THICKNESS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0031786228     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199811000-00011     Document Type: Article

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