Trochanteric non-union in revision total hip arthroplasty: Does it matter?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-42

  Hawkins, Amanda ^a   Midwinter, Katie ^a   Macdonald, David A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Revision total hip arthroplasty; Trochanteric non union

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033981555     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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