Current topics in the radiology of joint replacement surgery.
Several methods of total hip joint replacement are currently used. Radiographic appearances after cemented, bone ingrowth, press-fit, and bipolar hip prostheses are reviewed. The roles of nuclear medicine and arthrographic procedures for identifying complications are discussed. Total knee prostheses and, in particular, complications related to the patellar component are described.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Weissman
D001175:Arthrography; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012086:Reoperation