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Impaction in hip arthroplasty
2019-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Surgical technique is a critical factor in the success of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). Cementless implants must be seated by the surgeon through the process of impaction – using a surgical mallet to generate enough force to push an oversized implant into an undersized bone cavity. A careful balance of adequate hoop strain in the bone to ensure implant fixation, but not so much that the bone is fractured, is requi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 57306209-9180-5b14-a83b-f32b0f2f601d
- DOI
- 10.25560/84215
