Extraosseous granuloma after total knee arthroplasty - A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 404-405

  Wang, Ching Jen ^a   Wang, Henry E ^a   Causing, Wilfredo C ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MALE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REOPERATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030828024     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996188     Document Type: Article

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