Development and clinical application of meniscal unicompartmental arthroplasty

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-59

  O'Connor, John J ^a   Goodfellow, J W ^b   Dodd, C A F ^b   Murray, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anteromedial osteoarthritis; Fully conforming design; Medial compartment knee replacement; Retrieval studies; Tibiofemoral movement; Unconstrained design

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); ORTHOPEDICS; SURGERY; ARTHROPLASTY; PROSTHETICS;

ANTEROMEDIAL OSTEOARTHRITIS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; MEDIAL COMPARTMENT KNEE REPLACEMENT; MENISCAL UNICOMPARTMENTAL ARTHROPLASTY; TIBIOFEMORAL MOVEMENT;

JOINT PROSTHESES; KNEE PROSTHESES;

EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

ANTEROMEDIAL OSTEOARTHRITIS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; MEDIAL COMPARTMENT; MOBILE BEARING; MODES OF FAILURE; RETRIEVAL STUDIES; TIBIOFEMORAL MOVEMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 33947376006     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM251     Document Type: Article

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