A "biologic technique" for the treatment of a disruption of the extensor mechanism after revision total knee arthroplasty: A case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 661-665

  Roidis, Nikolaos ^a   Varitimidis, Sokratis ^a   Poultsides, Lazaros ^a   Liakou, Paraskevi ^a   Karachalios, Theofilos ^a   Malizos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extensor mechanism rupture; Medial gastrocnemius flap; Periprosthetic infection; Revision total knee arthroplasty; Semitendinosus tendon autograft

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REOPERATION; RUPTURE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; REOPERATION; RUPTURE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 46149083222     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0533-y     Document Type: Article

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