Fatigue failure of the femoral component of a cementless total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 658-660

  Morgan Hough, C V J ^a   Tavakkolizadeh, A ^a   Purkayastha, S ^a,b  

^a Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cementless hip; fatigue failure; femoral component

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DURAPATITE; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 3343026092     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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