Open debridement and soft tissue release as a salvage procedure for the severely arthrofibrotic knee

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 552-561

  Millett, Peter J ^a,b   Williams III, Riley J ^a   Wickiewicz, Thomas L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032826557     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465990270050201     Document Type: Article

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