Repair of supracondylar femur fracture and unilateral knee replacement at the same surgery

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 388-390

  Patterson, Ronald H ^a   Earll, Mark ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Fracture fixation; Knee prosthesis; Periarticular fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033141646     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199906000-00014     Document Type: Article

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