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A Case of a C-Stem Fracture at the Head-Neck Junction and a Review of the Literature

We report the first case of a fracture of the standard C-stem in combination with a large metal-on-metal articulation. This occurred at the head-neck junction. Analysis of the fractured stem showed evidence of fatigue failure with possible corrosion. The use of large femoral heads with neck adaptors...

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Autores principales: Morley, David, Starks, Ian, Lim, Justin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23304589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/158604