The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 1009-1015 , October 2008

Clinical Results of Conversion Total Hip Arthroplasty After Failed Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty

  • Sanket R. Diwanji, MS(Orthopedics)
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  • Sung Kyu Kim, MD
  • ,
  • Jong Keun Seon, MD
  • ,
  • Sang Jin Park, MD
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  • Taek Rim Yoon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Taek Rim Yoon, MD, Center for Joint Disease and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Human, Resources Center at Chonnam National University. Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 160, Ilsim-Ri, Hwasun-Eup, Hwasun-Gun, Jeonnam 519-809, Korea.

Received 18 May 2007 ,Accepted 6 September 2007.

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 No benefits or funds were received in support of the study.

PII: S0883-5403(07)00544-X

doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.09.006

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 1009-1015 , October 2008