Technique for a composite femoral intramedullary plug in cemented hip arthroplasty.
A brief technique to place a cement plug on top of a polyethylene is presented. This technique has helped the authors obtain better cement mantles when they are plugging the canal in total hip replacement.
Owens
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA.
Lavernia
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D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D001843:Bone Cements; D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011095:Polyethylenes; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
D001843:Bone Cements; D011095:Polyethylenes; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate