Development of periprosthetic bone mass density around the cementless Metha® short hip stem during three year follow

Laura Augustin1, Sarah Boller1, Cathrein Bobach1

  • 1Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Klinikstraße 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany.

International Orthopaedics
|September 5, 2018
PubMed

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