Triathlon Total Knee Arthroplasty 4-Year Outcomes with a High-Performance Implant

Journal of Knee Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-326

  Harwin, Steven F ^a   Greene, Kenneth A ^b   Hitt, Kirby ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149391423     PISSN: 15388506     EISSN: 19382480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247839     Document Type: Article

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