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Clinical Implications of Component Modularity in Total Hip Replacement

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Interfaces in Total Hip Arthroplasty

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Modular components have certain distinct advantages and have been widely used at total hip replacement for almost two decades now. Modularity has provided the surgeon with the intraoperative flexibility to fine tune adjustments of limb length, offset, anteversion, head size, the requirement for and position of extended lip liners, etc. However, the levy for these benefits is the associated risk of fretting, corrosion, accelerated polyethylene wear, dissociation, etc.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bristol, UK

    Ian D. Learmonth MB, ChB, FRCS, FRCS Ed, FCS (SA) Orth (Professor and Head, Honorary Consultant) (Professor and Head, Honorary Consultant)

  2. Bristol Royal Infirmary and Southmead Hospital, UK

    Ian D. Learmonth MB, ChB, FRCS, FRCS Ed, FCS (SA) Orth (Professor and Head, Honorary Consultant) (Professor and Head, Honorary Consultant)

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Learmonth, I.D. (2000). Clinical Implications of Component Modularity in Total Hip Replacement. In: Learmonth, I.D. (eds) Interfaces in Total Hip Arthroplasty. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0477-3_6

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