Intra-operative tibial fracture during computer assisted total knee replacement: A case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-496

  Manzotti, A ^a,c   Confalonieri, N ^a   Pullen, C ^b  

^a CTO Hospital   (Italy)

^b St Vincents & Mercy Private Hospital   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complication; Computer assisted replacement; Knee

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIBIA FRACTURE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 43049152769     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0485-2     Document Type: Article

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