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Despite increasing interest in the cementless fixation of implants, bone cement still has an important place in hip replacement surgery. Indeed, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) has been largely responsible for the growing clinical interest in total hip replacements.
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Gächter, A. (1984). The Bone Cement Cuff in Hip Endoprostheses: Results of 80 Postmortem Studies. In: Morscher, E. (eds) The Cementless Fixation of Hip Endoprostheses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69006-8_3
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