Radiolucent lines below the tibial component of a total knee replacement (TKR) - A comparison between single-and two-stage cementation techniques

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 453-457

  Guha, Abhijit Ranjan ^a   Debnath, Ujjwal Kanti ^a   Graham, Niall McKenzie ^a,b  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46149096725     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-007-0345-6     Document Type: Article

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