Isolated fracture of the ceramic head after third-generation alumina-on-alumina total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Koo, Kyung Hoi ^a   Ha, Yong Chan ^b   Woon, Hwa Jung ^c   Kim, Sang Rim ^d   Jeong, Joon Yoo ^a   Hee, Joong Kim ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Masan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38949161946     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01489     Document Type: Article

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