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Bone mineral density of the proximal femur after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: 1-year follow-up study

BACKGROUND: Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) is considered a bone-preserving procedure and may eliminate proximal femoral stress shielding and osteolysis. However, in addition to implant-related stress-shielding factors, various patient-related factors may also have an effect on bone mineral densi...

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Autores principales: Häkkinen, Arja, Borg, Håkan, Hakulinen, Mikko, Jurvelin, Jukka, Anttila, Esa, Parviainen, Tapani, Kiviranta, Ilkka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21595913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-100