Fracture of the polyethylene tibial post in a posterior cruciate-substituting total knee arthroplasty mimicking patellar clunk syndrome a report of 5 cases

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 942-945

  Mauerhan, David R ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Posterior stabilized post; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATELLAR CLUNK SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SUBLUXATION; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0141958863     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(03)00333-4     Document Type: Article

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