Fatigue Fracture of a Proximally Modular, Distally Tapered Fluted Implant with Diaphyseal Fixation

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 780-783

  Buttaro, Martín A ^a   Mayor, Michael B ^b,c,d   Van Citters, Douglas ^d   Piccaluga, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

complication; distally fluted; fracture; modular femoral stem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE DEFECT; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REIMPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

EID: 34547591739     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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