Progression of radiolucent lines in cementless twin-bearing low-contact-stress knee prostheses: A retrospective study

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 783-789

  Aebli, Nikolaus ^a   Krebs, Jörg ^a,c   Schwenke, Daryl ^a   Hii, Timothy ^a   Wehrli, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Spital Netz Bern   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cementless; low contact stress; radiolucent lines; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIOGRAPHY; STRESS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444278284     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2004.02.030     Document Type: Article

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