6- to 10-year experience using countersunk metal-backed patellas

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Evanich, Christopher J ^a   Tkach, Thomas K ^a   Von Glinski, Sabine ^a   Camargo, Marcelo P ^a   Hofmann, Aaron A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cementless total knee arthroplasty; metal backed patella; patellar revisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ENDOPROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0031038383     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(97)90060-7     Document Type: Article

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