Clinical and radiological outcome of hydroxyapatite-coated femoral stem in revision hip arthroplasty
โ Scribed by T. Gosens; E. J. van Langelaan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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