Fracture of ceramic heads in total hip replacement

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 464-470

  Habermann, B ^a   Ewald, W ^a   Rauschmann, M ^a   Zichner, L ^a   Kurth, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramic head fracture; Total hip prosthesis

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CERAMICS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 33746884338     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0173-y     Document Type: Article

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