Use of the Leeds-Keio prosthetic ligament for repair of patellar tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-130

  Fukuta, Shoji ^a   Kuge, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^a  

^a Izumino Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leeds Keio prosthetic ligament; Patellar tendon rupture; Reconstruction; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIGAMENT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038731002     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(02)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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