Percutaneous femoral head arthroplasty using calcium phosphate cement maybe a more feasible way to cure avascular necrosis of femoral head: Comment on "Calcium phosphate cement to prevent collapse in avascular necrosis of the femoral head"

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-

  Wan, Jun ^a   Zhang, Xiang sheng ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LETTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS FEMORAL HEAD ARTHROPLASTY; PERCUTANEOUS KYPHOPLASTY;

BONE CEMENTS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 77953363388     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.01.045     Document Type: Letter

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