The management of the patella in total knee arthroplasty

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 448-457

  Hsu, Robert Wen Wei ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Implant design; Resurfacing; Surgical technique; Total knee arthroplasty; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATELLA LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SURGEON; TENDON RUPTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; PATELLA; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33845680796     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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