Survivorship analysis of hips treated with core decompression for nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-209

  Bozic, Kevin J ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Thornhill, Thomas S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033013744     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199902000-00007     Document Type: Article

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