ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Clinical significance of the musculus gluteus minimus in total hip arthroplasty

About authors

1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

2 Bureau of Forensic Medical Expertise, Moscow Department of Health, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Ivan V. Sirotin
Ostrovityanova, 1, 117997, Moscow; ur.liam@risvi

About paper

Compliance with ethical standards: the study followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki by the World Medical Association.

Author contribution: Yegiazaryan KA supervised the study, analyzed the literature and contributed to writing the manuscript; Sirotin IV, Chizhikova IO analyzed the literature, conducted the experimental part of the study and contributed to writing the manuscript; Lazishvili GD, Ratiev AP, But-Gusaim AB analyzed the literature and contributed to writing the manuscript.

Received: 2020-09-04 Accepted: 2020-10-18 Published online: 2020-10-04
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