hemiarthroplasty

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Arthroplasty in which one joint surface is replaced with an artificial material, usually metal.

hemiarthroplasty

[hem′ē·är′thrəplas′tē]

a surgical procedure for repair of an injured or diseased hip joint involving replacing the head of the femur with a prosthesis without reconstruction of the acetabulum.

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No references found			2 Hemiarthroplasty is the treatment of choice for such severely comminuted and grossly displaced fractures. Modified rush pin technique for two- or three-part proximal humeral ... by A Mallick and M Hearth and S Singh and R Pandey / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery An arthroplasty in which the femoral component articulates with the native acetabulum is a hemiarthroplasty. Nuclear medicine of the painful joint replacement by Palestro, Christopher J.; Love, Charito; Marwin, Scott E. / Applied Radiology She died on April 2 last year, a few days after hemiarthroplasty on a fractured left humerus and shoulder. Fall led to pensioner's death by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			hememelis hemeralopia hemerocallin Hemerocallis hemi- hemi-homograft hemi-inattention hemiacardius hemiacephalus hemiacetal hemiachromatopsia hemiachromatosia hemiageusia hemialgia hemiamblyopia hemiamyosthenia hemianacusia hemianalgesia hemianencephaly hemianesthesia hemianopia hemianopic hemianopsia hemianosmia hemiapraxia hemiarthroplasty hemiataxia hemiathetosis hemiatrophy hemiaxial hemiazygos vein hemiazygous vein hemiballism hemiballismus hemibladder hemiblock hemic hemic murmur hemic-lymphatic system hemicardia hemicellulose hemicelluloses hemicentrum hemicephalalgia hemicephalia hemicephalus hemicerclage wire hemicholinium hemichorea hemicolectomy hemicorticectomy			hemiachromatopsia hemiachromatosia hemiageusia Hemialbumin Hemialbumose hemialgia hemialgia hemiamblyopia hemiamyosthenia hemianacusia Hemianaesthesia hemianalgesia hemianencephaly hemianesthesia hemianesthesia hemianesthesia cruciata hemianesthesia cruciata hemianopia hemianopia hemianopia hemianopic hemianopic pupillary reaction hemianopic scotoma hemianopic scotoma hemianopic scotoma hemianopsia hemianopsia hemianopsia hemianosmia hemiapraxia hemiarthroplasty Hemiascomycetes Hemiascomycetes Hemiascomycetidae hemiataxia hemiathetosis hemiatrophy hemiaxial Hemiazygos hemiazygos vein hemiazygos vein hemiazygos vein hemiazygos vein, accessory hemiazygos vein, accessory hemiazygos vein, accessory Hemiazygos veins hemiazygous vein hemiazygous vein Hemiballism Hemiballism hemiballismus hemiballismus Hemibasidiomycetes hemibladder hemibladder hemibladder hemiblock hemibody irradiation hemibody irradiation hemibody irradiation Hemibranchi

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