Cemented modular intramedullary nail in failed knee arthroplasty - A report of 2 cases

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-307

  Sundgren, Kent ^a  

^a GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; GENTAMICIN BONE CEMENT; PALACOS; STAINLESS STEEL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0032767245     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679908997813     Document Type: Article

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