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Girdlestone procedure for avascular necrosis of the hip in an intravenous drug user
The Girdlestone procedure is an excision arthroplasty of the hip. Rarely used nowadays, it was required in a young patient following discovery of avascular necrosis of the femoral head as a result of septic emboli from infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug user. This procedure was deemed nec...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126036/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25107940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju039 |