Retrieval of a well-functioning extensor mechanism allograft from a total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 986-990

  Burnett, R S J ^a,c   Fornasier, V L ^b   Haydon, C M ^a   Wehrli, B M ^a   Whitewood, C N ^a   Bourne, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AMPUTATION; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 4544286050     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B7.15182     Document Type: Article

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