Pathologic supracondylar fracture due to osteolytic pseudotumor of knee following cementless total knee replacement

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-477

  Benevenia, Joseph ^a   Lee, Francis Y I ^a   Buechel, Frederick ^a   Parsons, J Russell ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cementless total knee replacement; Osteolytic pseudotumor; Pathologic supracondylar fracture; Wear debris

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; TISSUE;

ARTHROPLASTY;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

BONE CEMENT; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PSEUDOTUMOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0032400845     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199824)43:4<473::AID-JBM16>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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