Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing in patients younger than 50 years: a retrospective analysis

Abstract Background The Nordic registry reports patients under 50 years old with total hip replacements realize only 83% 10-year implant survivorship. These results do not meet the 95% 10-year survivorship guideline posed by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2014....

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Main Authors: Melissa D. Gaillard, Thomas P. Gross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-017-0579-y