Analysis of prosthetic femoral heads retrieved at autopsy

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 358, Issue , 1999, Pages 223-234

  Sychterz, Christi J ^a   Engh Jr , C Anderson ^a   Swope, Steven W ^b   McNulty, Donald E ^b   Engh, Charles A ^a  

^a ANDERSON ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE PROSTHESIS; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0032924283     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199901000-00027     Document Type: Article

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