Pathological Knee Dislocation in the Morbidly Obese

EJVES Extra

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-17

  Seenath, M M ^a   Parry, D J ^a   Macdonald, D ^a   Pollard, S G ^a   Scott, D J A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee dislocation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749673937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15333167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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