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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2016
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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 |