Alumina pairing in total hip replacement
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Alumina pairing in total hip replacement.
Many pioneers from around the world followed this initial experience but long-term results and good methodology were lacking. Recently, a number of reports 4-6 have focused attention again on an alumina-on-alumina combination. More than 30 years after its introduction into clinical practice, this article considers the current information on the alumina-on-alumina combination from both experimen...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.87b6.16150