Fate of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve post total knee arthroplasty

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 822-824

  Mistry, Dinshaw ^a   O'Meeghan, Christopher ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult; Arthroplasty; Innervation; Knee; Peplacement; Peripheral nervous system; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRITISH ORTHOPEDIC SATISFACTION SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SAPHENOUS NERVE INFRAPATELLAR BRANCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; INNERVATION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644683230     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03532.x     Document Type: Article

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