Disassembly and Dislocation of a Bipolar Hip Prosthesis

Dislocation of a hip prosthesis is a common complication. In usual cases of hip prosthesis dislocation, the prosthetic femoral head comes out from either the natural acetabular cavity in a bipolar hemiarthroplasty or the prosthetic acetabulum in a total hip arthroplasty. Only a few cases of bipolar...

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Main Authors: Hsieh-Hsing Lee, Yung-Chih Lo, Leou-Chyr Lin, Shing-Sheng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608600133