Forty patients were treated by means of total hip arthroplasty after nailing of femoral neck fractures had failed Their average age was 73 years. Thirty-eight patients were still alive after 2 years and were reviewed Two hips dislocated, but there was no early mortality The results regarding pain, w
Fracture of the lower extremity after total hip replacement
✍ Scribed by G. Löwenhielm; L. I. Hansson; J. Kärrholm
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 108
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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