Total knee arthroplasty in the presence of severe flexion contracture: A report of 37 cases

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 775-780

  Lu, Hou Shan ^a   Mow, Christopher S ^b,c   Lin, Jian Hao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexion contracture; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032860536     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(99)90024-4     Document Type: Article

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