The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 986-989 , September 2010

Are Acetabular Component Alignment Guides for Total Hip Arthroplasty Accurate?

  • Yukihide Minoda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yukihide Minoda, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan.
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  • Kenji Ohzono, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Masaharu Aihara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoya Umeda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Masuhiro Tomita, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Keiko Hayakawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Received 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 21 July 2009.

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

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doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.07.016

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 986-989 , September 2010

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