Risk of dislocation using large- vs. small-diameter femoral heads in total hip arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Dislocation remains a difficult problem in total hip arthroplasty. Large-diameter femoral heads may lower the incidence of dislocation by enhancing the jump distance and decreasing impingement, but their performance against small-diameter heads has not been assessed. This study compared...

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Main Authors: Plate, Johannes F, Seyler, Thorsten M, Stroh, D Alex, Issa, Kimona, Akbar, Michael, Mont, Michael A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3508897/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23039109
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-553
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