Bilateral femoral component breakage in total hip replacement: A case report

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 236-238

  Murray, Paraic ^a   Rorabeck, Cecil H ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; COBALT; TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BODY WEIGHT; BONE CEMENTS; CEMENTATION; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 0031816997     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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