Fracture of a ceramic acetabular insert after ceramic-on-ceramic THA - A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-103

  Suzuki, Koji ^a   Matsubara, Masaaki ^a   Morita, Sadao ^a   Muneta, Takeshi ^a   Shinomiya, Ken ichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; CERAMICS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0037326896     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470310013752     Document Type: Article

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