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Application of Arthroplasty Principles to Canine Cemented Total Hip Replacement

Journal:
Veterinary Surgery
Year:
2000
Authors:
Schulz, Kurt S.
Species:
dog

Abstract

“Taking a long view, one may wonder whether joint replacement, though a brilliant tactical success, represents the true path of progress in orthopedics or whether it represents a very specialized but temporary makeshift.… A more fundamental knowledge of the biology of the cartilage cell … may lead to presently unconceived methods of preventing and treating chronic arthritis that will leave joint replacement as dead as a dinosaur.”–Davis LeVay, The History of Orthopedics

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Original publication: https://doi.org/10.1053/jvet.2000.17861