The cases of 80 patients with necrosis of the femoral head who underwent operative treatment in the period April 1980 to April 1988 are reported. Altogether, 102 operative procedures were carried out: 48 intertrochanteric osteotomies, 50 arthroplasties, 3 subchrondral bone graftings, and in one case
Non-traumatic necrosis of the femoral head
β Scribed by G. Schwarz Lausten
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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