The results of radiologic and clinical follow-up of 81 PCA (porous coated anatomie) hip joint prostheses implanted in our clinic between 1986 and 1988 are presented. One of the prostheses had to be explanted because of aseptic loosening after 2.5 years' implantation. Contrary to the fixation concept
A clinical study of the results of cementless total hip replacement
β Scribed by Yasuto Itami; Noriya Akamatsu; Yoshitsugu Tomita; Motohiro Nagai; Ikumasa Nakajima
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 882 KB
- Volume
- 102
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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