Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of an Occult Fracture of the Femoral Component after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Cook, Scott M ^a   Pellicci, Paul M ^a   Potter, Hollis G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; MEDROL DOSE PAK; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0346963002     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200401000-00024     Document Type: Article

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