Supracondylar femoral fracture following total knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 324, Issue , 1996, Pages 196-209

  Moran, Michael C ^a,d   Brick, Gregory W ^a   Sledge, Clement B ^a   Dysart, Stanley H ^b   Chien, Eric P ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Marietta Neurologic Associates   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d Joint Replacement Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030071491     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199603000-00023     Document Type: Article

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