Fracture of a modular femoral neck after total hip arthroplasty: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1518-1521

  Wright, Geoffrey ^a   Sporer, Scott ^a   Urban, Robert ^a   Jacobs, Joshua ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ACETABULUM; ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC OSTEOTOMY; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; BODY SIZE; FALLING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BODY SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 77954647496     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01033     Document Type: Article

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