A rare case of irreducible knee dislocation in a seventy-three-year-old male

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-72

  Siegmeth, Alexander ^a   Menth Chiari, Wolfgang A ^a   Amsuess, Helmut ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b State Hospital Murzzuschlag   (Austria)

Author keywords

External fixation; Knee dislocation; Open reduction

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DISLOCATION; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; REVIEW;

AGED; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE;

EID: 0033631142     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200001000-00015     Document Type: Article

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