Patella intraosseous blood flow disturbance during a medial or lateral arthrotomy in total knee arthroplasty: A laser Doppler flowmetry study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 411-416

  Nicholls, Rochelle L ^a   Green, Daniel ^a   Kuster, Markus S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Klinik fur Orthopadische Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty (knee replacement); Regional blood flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746341173     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0703-0     Document Type: Article

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