Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 331-339 , July 2010

A Retrospective Cohort Study of the BioPro® Hemiarthroplasty Prosthesis

  • Christine C. Salonga, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Chief Resident, Podiatric Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • David C. Novicki, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • Martin M. Pressman, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, Section Chief of Podiatry, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Martin M. Pressman, DPM, FACFAS, Yale New Haven Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, 800 Howard Ave, New Haven, CT 06511.
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  • D. Scot Malay, DPM, MSCE, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Director of Podiatric Research, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

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 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: David C. Novicki, DPM, periodically gives lectures for Biopro about first MTPJ implants.

PII: S1067-2516(09)00511-0

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.12.003

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 331-339 , July 2010

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