The Importance of Bone Mineral Density in Hip Arthroplasty: Results of a Survey Asking Orthopaedic Surgeons about Their Opinions and Attitudes Concerning Osteoporosis and Hip Arthroplasty

Objective. In patients scheduled to undergo total joint arthroplasty of the hip, the bone quality around the joint affects the safety of prosthetic implantation. Bone strength is clinically assessed by measuring bone mineral density (BMD); therefore we asked if BMD is important to orthopaedic surgeo...

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Autores principales: Maier, Gerrit Steffen, Kolbow, Kristina, Lazovic, Djordje, Maus, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5141559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27999686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8079354

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5141559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27999686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8079354

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