Is there added risk in resurfacing a femoral head with cysts?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Femoral head cysts have been identified as a risk factor for early femoral failures after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) based on limited scientific data. However, we routinely performed HRA if less than 1/3 of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liu Fei, Gross Thomas P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Online Access:http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/55