The crescent sign: Dissociation of the polyethylene liner from a modular acetabular component in total hip arthroplasty

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 620-624

  White, Simon P ^a,b   Blom, A W ^a   Lee, M ^a   Smith, E J ^a  

^a Avon Orthopaedic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetabular component; Arthroplasty; Crescent sign; Dislocation; Dissociation; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26644460406     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0927-6     Document Type: Article

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