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Substantially higher prevalence of postoperative periprosthetic fractures in octogenarians with hip fractures operated with a cemented, polished tapered stem rather than an anatomic stem
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recent studies have demonstrated a high incidence of postoperative periprosthetic femoral fracture (PPF) in elderly patients treated with 2 commonly used cemented, polished tapered stems. We compared the prevalence and incidence rate of PPF in a consecutive cohort of octagene...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27045318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2016.1162898 |