The significance of surface changes on retrieved femoral components after total knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 796-799

  Lakdawala, Ayazl ^a,b,d   Todo, S ^a,b,c   Scott, G ^a,b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Holly House Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Sekeikai Hospital   (Japan)

^d Royal London Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 20844436635     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B6.15776     Document Type: Article

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