Correlation between macroscopic changes of arthrosis and the posterior cruciate ligament histology in the osteoarthritic knee

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1036-1040

  Stubbs, Geoffrey ^a,c   Dahlstrom, Jane ^b   Papantoniou, Peter ^a   Cherian, Maya ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c Corinna Chambers ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Concomitant condition; Cost analysis; Length of stay in hospital; Osteoarthritis; Patient outcome assessment; Surgical blood loss; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; KNEE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645752075     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03610.x     Document Type: Article

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