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Large-diameter total hip arthroplasty modular heads require greater assembly forces for initial stability

OBJECTIVES: Modular junctions are ubiquitous in contemporary hip arthroplasty. The head-trunnion junction is implicated in the failure of large diameter metal-on-metal (MoM) hips which are the currently the topic of one the largest legal actions in the history of orthopaedics (estimated costs are st...

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Autores principales: MacLeod, A. R., Sullivan, N. P. T., Whitehouse, M. R., Gill, H. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
Materias:
Hip
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27496914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.58.BJR-2016-0044.R1