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The Thrust Plate Hip Prosthesis
. Ed(S): Huggler, A. H.; Jacob, Hilaire A. C.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Huggler, A. H.; Jacob, Hilaire A. C. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 259.
As is probably the case with all successful innovations, the unique design of the thrust plate prosthesis (TPP) was not born of a sudden fancy for a radically different hip joint replacement, but emerged from elaborate biomechanical investigations on the loosening of conventional, intramedullarly anchored hip prosthesis shafts. In the 1970s, hip revisions due to loosening of the prostheses became a burden to patients not only physically and psychologically but also economically. This meant that it also became a matter of daily concern to the orthopaedic surgeon, who then had to cope with new, previously unknown problems. Loosening processes were ... Read more
As is probably the case with all successful innovations, the unique design of the thrust plate prosthesis (TPP) was not born of a sudden fancy for a radically different hip joint replacement, but emerged from elaborate biomechanical investigations on the loosening of conventional, intramedullarly anchored hip prosthesis shafts. In the 1970s, hip revisions due to loosening of the prostheses became a burden to patients not only physically and psychologically but also economically. This meant that it also became a matter of daily concern to the orthopaedic surgeon, who then had to cope with new, previously unknown problems. Loosening processes were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642644337
SKU
V9783642644337
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