Periprosthetic fracture caused by stress shielding after implantation of a femoral condyle endoprosthesis in a transfemoral amputee-a case report

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 765-767

  Wik, Tina S ^a,b   Foss, Olav A ^a   Havik, Steinar ^a   Persen, Leif ^a   Aamodt, Arild ^a,b   Witsø, Eivind ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISABLED PERSON; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL CONDYLE ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KNEE AMPUTATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BONE RESORPTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 78649664720     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2010.533937     Document Type: Article

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