BYPASS FIXATION

Citation
R. Aribindi et al., BYPASS FIXATION, The Orthopedic clinics of North America, 29(2), 1998, pp. 319
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
ISSN journal
00305898
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-5898(1998)29:2<319:>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Hip replacement has been a great achievement of orthopaedic surgery as it reliably abolishes pain and restores function. The success of this operation has lead to its use not only in the elderly, but increasing ly, in the higher demand that younger patients whose life expectancy i s longer than the longevity of the prostheses used to date. Thus, we a re seeing a growing number of patients who require a first or even rep eat revision surgery, which is often complex and technically demanding .