Minimally invasive unicondylar knee arthroplasty for the treatment of unicompartmental osteoarthritis: An outpatient arthritic bypass procedure

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-216

  Repicci, John A ^a   Hartman, Jodi F ^b  

^a Joint Reconstruction Orthopedic Ctr   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Research and Reporting Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LAVAGE; LIFESPAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; OSTEOPHYTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WALKING AID; X RAY FILM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 1842527711     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2003.12.001     Document Type: Review

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