Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 125-133 , September 2006

Alumina-on-Alumina Articulation in Total Hip Arthroplasty: From Bench-side to Bedside

  • Moussa Hamadouche, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Recherches Orthopédiques (UMR CNRS 7052), Paris, France.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatoly, Hôpital Lariboisière (University Paris 7), Paris, France.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Moussa Hamadouche, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopaedic and Reconstructive Surgery, Service A, Centre Hospitalo–Universitaire Cochin–Port Royal, 27 Rue du Faubourg St Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.
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  • Alain Meunier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Recherches Orthopédiques (UMR CNRS 7052), Paris, France.
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  • Rémy Nizard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Reconstructive Surgery (Service A), Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Cochin- Port Royal (University Paris 5), Paris, France.
    • ,
  • Didier Hannouche, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Reconstructive Surgery (Service A), Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Cochin- Port Royal (University Paris 5), Paris, France.
    • ,
  • Pascal Bizot, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatoly, Hôpital Lariboisière (University Paris 7), Paris, France.
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  • Laurent Sedel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Recherches Orthopédiques (UMR CNRS 7052), Paris, France.
    • Department of Orthopaedic and Reconstructive Surgery (Service A), Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Cochin- Port Royal (University Paris 5), Paris, France.

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Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 125-133 , September 2006

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