Locked plates combined with minimally invasive insertion technique for the treatment of periprosthetic supracondylar femur fractures above a total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-196

  Ricci, William M ^a   Loftus, Timothy ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   Borrelli, Joseph ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locked plating; Periprosthetic; Supracondylar femur fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE NONUNION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE PLATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33646843548     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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