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The effectiveness of metal on metal hip resurfacing: a systematic review of the available evidence published before 2002

BACKGROUND: Conventional total hip replacement (THR) may be felt to carry too high a risk of failure over a patient's lifetime, especially in young people. There is increasing interest in metal on metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty (MoM) as this offers a bone-conserving option for treating thos...

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Autores principales: Wyness, Laura, Vale, Luke, McCormack, Kirsty, Grant, Adrian, Brazzelli, Miriam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC544574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15620345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-4-39