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Cementless total hip arthroplasty for avascular necrosis of the femoral head following cardiac transplantation: report of two cases

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  1. 3rd Orthopedic Department, Trauma Rehabilitation Center (K.A.T.), Athens, Greece

    Athanasios Antonopoulos, Athanasios Pollalis & Alexandros Economou

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

    Theofani Antoniou

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Trauma Rehabilitation Center (K.A.T.), Athens, Greece

    Filio Sklitsi

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, Areteion University Hospital, Lambaki 61-63, 111 43, Athens, Greece

    Kassiani Theodoraki

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Antonopoulos, A., Antoniou, T., Pollalis, A. et al. Cementless total hip arthroplasty for avascular necrosis of the femoral head following cardiac transplantation: report of two cases. J Orthop Sci 17, 808–812 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0116-5

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