Femoral Head Blood Flow during Hip Resurfacing.

Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research Beaule, Paul E MD, FRCSC., et al. – Preserving femoral head vascularity during hip resurfacing may avoid femoral neck fractures and late femoral loosening...To avoid damaging the retinacular vessels, surgeons should direct the cylindrical reamer superolaterally staying as close as possible to the inferomedial neck Read article: http://www.mdlinx.com/OrthoLinx/xml-article.cfm/1796809.

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