METAL-ON-METAL HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY USING THE DIRECTLATERAL APPROACH. FIRST RESULTS AND LITERATURE REVIEW
BACKGROUND The rebirth of metal-on-metal hip resurfacing can be attributed to the advance of orthopaedic implants manufacturing as is to the evolution of the surgical technique. It has mostcommonly been done through the posterior surgical approach, but with risk of developingavascular necrosis of th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Medical Association
2008-11-01
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Series: | Zdravniški Vestnik |
Online Access: | http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/512 |