Bipolar hip arthroplasty as salvage treatment for loosening of the acetabular cup with significant bone defects

Introduction: Revision arthroplasty of the hip is becoming increasingly important in recent years. Early primary arthroplasty and longer life expectancy of the patients increases the number of revision surgery. Revision surgery of hip arthroplasty is major surgery for the patients, especially the el...

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Main Authors: Ghanem, Mohamed, Glase, Almuth, Zajonz, Dirk, Roth, Andreas, Heyde, Christoph-E., Josten, Christoph, von Salis-Soglio, Georg
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2016-04-01
Series:GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/iprs/2016-5/iprs000092.shtml