Use of the fork plate for internal fixation of periprosthetic fractures and osteotomies in connection with total knee replacement

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 517-521

  Ochsner, P E ^a,b   Pfister, A ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Liestal ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Orthopedic Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; REOPERATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE PLATES; EARLY AMBULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032905651     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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