Outcome after tantalum rod implantation for treatment of femoral head osteonecrosis 26 hips followed for an average of 3 years

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-25

  Varitimidis, Sokratis E ^a   Dimitroulias, Apostolos P ^a   Karachalios, Theophilos S ^a   Dailiana, Zoe H ^a   Malizos, Konstantinos N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; TANTALUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849091970     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670902804877     Document Type: Article

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