Poor experience with a hinged endoprosthesis (WEKO) for the metacarpophalangeal joints: All 28 prostheses removed within 2 years in 8 patients having rheumatoid arthritis

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 586-590

  Radmer, Sebastian ^a   Andresen, Reimer ^b   Sparmann, Martin ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; JOINT MOBILITY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0142178143     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470310018009     Document Type: Article

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