Wear of congruent meniscal bearings in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. A retrieval study of 16 specimens

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 976-982

  Psychoyios, V ^a   Crawford, R W ^a   O'Connor, J J ^a   Murray, D W ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031734854     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B6.8176     Document Type: Article

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