Use of a syringe as a drill sleeve for core decompression of the femoral head in osteonecrosis

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-158

  Al Ausi, Maher ^a   Agarwal, Manish ^a   Lovell, Martyn ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NECROSIS; BONE TISSUE; DECOMPRESSION; DRILL; FEMUR HEAD; FLUOROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; SYRINGE;

EID: 34147163393     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610013574     Document Type: Article

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