Early results of a novel technique using multiple small tantalum pegs for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head: A case series involving 26 hips

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-178

  Malizos, K N ^a,b   Papasoulis, E ^a   Dailiana, Z H ^a   Papatheodorou, L K ^a   Varitimidis, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE LESION; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84856869356     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.94b2.27287     Document Type: Article

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