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The effects of necrotic lesion size and orientation of the femoral component on stress alterations in the proximal femur in hip resurfacing - a finite element simulation

BACKGROUND: Due to the advantages of its bone-conserving nature, hip resurface arthroplasty (HRA) has recently gained the interest of orthopedic surgeons for the treatment of young and active patients who have osteonerosis of the femoral head. However, in long-term follow-up studies after HRA, narro...

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Autores principales: Tai, Ching-Lung, Chen, Yung-Chou, Hsieh, Pang-Hsin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4124961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25095740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-262