Results of total knee arthroplasty with a metal-backed patellar component: A 6-year follow-up study

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 923-930

  Rader, C P ^a   Lohr J ^a   Wittmann, R ^a   Eulert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

knee arthroplasty; metallosis; patellar component failure; patellar prosthesis; polyethylene wear

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; PAIN; PATELLA; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SHEAR STRESS; SUBLUXATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0030445652     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(96)80133-1     Document Type: Article

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