Fatigue Fracture of a Short Stem Hip Replacement: A Failure Analysis With Electron Microscopy and Review of the Literature

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665.e17-665.e20

  Ishaque, Bernd A ^a   Stürz, Henning ^a   Basad, Erhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cementless hip; Fatigue fracture; Short stemmed prosthesis

Indexed keywords

METAL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS FRACTURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 79955972366     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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