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Horror of three synergistic factors in THA: high mechanical stress, dissimilar metals, low elasticity stem: a case report

BACKGROUND: A large-diameter femoral head is effective in preventing dislocation after total hip arthroplasty. However, although rare, catastrophic stem tribocorrosion may occur at the head-stem junction. CASE PRESENTATION: A 70-year-old woman underwent revision surgery 7.5 years after total hip art...

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Autores principales: Ishii, Seiya, Homma, Yasuhiro, Matsukawa, Takehisa, Baba, Tomonori, Kubota, Ayano, Yokoyama, Kazuhito, Kaneko, Kazuo, Ishijima, Muneaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8796415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35236468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42836-021-00091-7