Direct anterior approach for total hip arthroplasty: Indications, technique, and results

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 595-603

  Post, Zachary D ^a   Orozco, Fabio ^a   Diaz Ledezma, Claudio ^a   Hozack, William J ^a   Ong, Alvin ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HIP; HIP REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; PATIENT POSITIONING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907312288     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-22-09-595     Document Type: Review

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