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High rate of reoperation and conversion to total hip arthroplasty after internal fixation of young femoral neck fractures: a population-based study of 796 patients

Background and purpose — Most often, the goal of non-geriatric femoral neck fracture surgery is to preserve the native hip joint. However, reoperations for painful implants, osteonecrosis, and nonunion are common. We determined the reoperation rate and time-to-reoperation following internal fixation...

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Autores principales: Stockton, David J, O’Hara, Lyndsay M, O’Hara, Nathan N, Lefaivre, Kelly A, O’Brien, Peter J, Slobogean, Gerard P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30712497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2018.1558380

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