Tibial Articular Cartilage Wear in Varus Osteoarthritic Knees: Correlation With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Integrity and Severity of Deformity

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-135

  Mullaji, Arun B ^a   Marawar, Satyajit V ^a   Luthra, Manav ^a  

^a BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

ACL integrity; severity of deformity; tibial articular cartilage; wear pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARUS KNEE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA;

EID: 37349018962     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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