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Prospective 5-year study with 96 short curved Fitmore™ hip stems shows a high incidence of cortical hypertrophy with no clinical relevance

BACKGROUND: An increased occurrence of cortical hypertrophy (CH) was observed 1–2 years after implanting short curved Fitmore hip stems. There are no published data about either the clinical relevance or the progression of CH over the long term. METHODS: Ninety-six primary total hip arthroplasties w...

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Autores principales: Thalmann, Caroline, Kempter, Patricia, Stoffel, Karl, Ziswiler, Thea, Frigg, Arno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31133027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-019-1174-1