Arthroscopic treatment of patients with moderate arthrofibrosis after total knee replacement

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Jerosch, Joerg ^a   Aldawoudy, Akram M ^a  

^a Johanna Etienne Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthrofibrosis; Knee arthroplasty; Knee arthroscopy; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846434506     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0099-5     Document Type: Article

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