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Effects of hydroxyapatite coating on survival of an uncemented femoral stem: A Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register study on 4,772 hips

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Hydroxyapatite (HA) is widely used as a coating for uncemented total hip arthroplasty components. This has been suggested to improve implant ingrowth and long-term stability. However, the evidence behind the use of HA coating on femoral stems is ambiguous. We investigated sur...

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Autores principales: Lazarinis, Stergios, Kärrholm, Johan, Hailer, Nils P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21751858
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2011.597699