Catastrophic failure of a conforming type of total knee replacement: A case report

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 333, Issue , 1996, Pages 234-238

  Li, Emile C ^a   Ritter, Merrill A ^a   Montgomery, Thomas ^a   Furman, Bridgette D ^a   Li, Stephen ^a   Wright, Timothy M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030455833     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199612000-00025     Document Type: Article

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