Fracture of VerSys fully bead-coated long femoral stems: Report on four fractures in 41 hips

The fracture of uncemented, fully porous, coated femoral stems is a rare complication that develops after primary total hip arthroplasty, and it is even rarer after revision surgery. To the best of our knowledge, cases of only 10 broken fully coated stems have been reported. This is the first report...

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Main Authors: Hsueh-Che Lu, Cheng-Li Lin, Chih-Wei Chang, Kuo-An Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-06-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X11002737