Short term clinical outcome of a porous tantalum implant for the treatment of advanced osteonecrosis of the femoral head

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-10

  Nadeau, Mélissa ^a   Séguin, Chantal ^a,b   Theodoropoulos, John S ^c   Harvey, Edward J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Montreal General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Core decompression; Femoral head; Osteonecrosis; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047226858     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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