Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Elderly. Is There an Age Limit?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-361

  Hernández Vaquero, Daniel ^a   Fernández Carreira, Jose Manuel ^b   Pérez Hernández, Domingo ^b   Fernández Lombardía, Jesus ^b   García Sandoval, Manuel Angel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

elderly patient; functional scores; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIMB DEFORMITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINE RETENTION; WALKING; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646052543     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2005.05.030     Document Type: Article

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