Treatment of hip instability.
Instability after total hip arthroplasty is a major source of patient morbidity, second only to aseptic loosening. Certain patient groups have been identified as having a greater risk of instability, including patients undergoing revision arthroplasty as early or late treatment for proximal femoral fractures.
Robbins
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Division of Reconstructive Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Masri
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Garbuz
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DS
Greidanus
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Duncan
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CP
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation