Results and complications of the low contact stress knee prosthesis

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 815-821

  Sánchez Sotelo, Joaquín ^a,b   Ordoñez, José María ^a   Prats, Santiago Bello ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Follow up evaluation; Mobile bearings; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATELLA DISLOCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0032847272     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(99)90031-1     Document Type: Article

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