"floating total knee": Ipsilateral periprosthetic fractures of the distal femur and proximal tibia after total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-140

  Jeong, Gerard K ^a,b   Pettrone, Sarah K ^a   Liporace, Frank A ^a   Meere, Patrick A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Tucson Orthopaedic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal femur; Floating total knee; Proximal tibia; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; X RAY FILM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 31544482394     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2004.10.017     Document Type: Article

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