Hamstring release and posterior capsulotomy for fixed knee flexion contracture in haemophiliacs

Haemophilia

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 25-27

  Wallny, T ^a   Eickhoff, H H ^b   Raderschadt, G ^b   Brackmann, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Orthopaedic Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haemophilia; Hamstring release; Knee; Posterior capsulotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; KNEE; ORTHOPEDICS;

EID: 0032915411     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.1999.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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