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Outcome after tantalum rod implantation for treatment of femoral head osteonecrosis

26 hips followed for an average of 3 years

Sokratis E Varitimidis Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessalia Larissa, Greece
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Apostolos P Dimitroulias Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessalia Larissa, Greece
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Theophilos S Karachalios Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessalia Larissa, Greece
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Zoe H Dailiana Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessalia Larissa, Greece
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Konstantinos N Malizos Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessalia Larissa, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 20-25 | Accepted 21 Jul 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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