Patellar height before and after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: Association with early clinical outcome?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 541-547

  Naal, Florian D ^a   Neuerburg, Carl ^a   Knoch, Fabian ^a   Salzmann, Gian M ^b   Kriner, Monika ^c   Munzinger, Urs ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Patella alta; Patella baja; Patellar height; Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62749103374     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0654-2     Document Type: Article

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