Nonunion of tibial stress fractures in patients with deformed arthritic knees. Treatment using modular total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 663-666

  Sawant, M R ^a,b   Bendall, S P ^a,c   Kavanagh, T G ^a   Citron, N D ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Holly House Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032729167     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B4.9091     Document Type: Article

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