DISUSE OSTEOPOROSIS AND HIP PROSTHESIS: SURGICAL IMPLICATIONS, A CASE REPORT
In this paper, the authors present a case of osteo-arthtritis of the hip secondary to a septic event which was surgically treated with a hip prosthesis and complicated by intraoperative fracture due to a localized disuse osteoporosis. Disuse osteoporosis is an induced rapid bone loss in human skelet...
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| Language: | English |
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Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.embj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DArienzo_17.pdf |