Viability of femoral heads treated with resurfacing arthroplasty
Received 6 May 1999; accepted 11 May 1999.
Abstract
There is a general conception that resurfacing arthroplasty causes femoral head osteonecrosis and subsequent failure of the implant. This study histologically analzyed 25 resurfaced femoral heads up to 12 years postoperatively and found that osteonecrosis was not induced by the procedure.
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The Joint Replacement Institute of Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA
Reprint requests: P. Campbell, PhD, The Joint Replacement Institute of Orthopaedic Hospital, 2400 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007.
Benefits or founds were received from the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation in total or partial support of the research material described in this article.
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