Distal femoral fractures treated by hinged total knee replacement in elderly patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1065-1070

  Appleton, P ^a   Moran, M ^a   Houshian, S ^a   Robinson, C Mike ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOOT DISEASE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747355919     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B8.17878     Document Type: Article

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