Vanishing Bone: Conquering a Stealth Disease Caused by Total Hip Replacements
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When dozens of holes appeared in a patient's femur alongside his hip prosthesis, experts were baffled as such a phenomenon had never been seen before. Over the first four decades of total hip surgery, the severe bone destruction multiplied, crippling many thousands of patients. Eventually identified as "periprosthetic osteolysis," this devastating disease affected over 1 million patients and was the leading cause of failure in total hip surgery. While...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0190687762
ISBN13:9780190687762
Release Date:January 2018
Publisher:Oxford Univ PR
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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