All-polyethylene compared with metal-backed tibial components in total knee arthroplasty at ten years: A prospective, randomized controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1587-1594

  Bettinson, Karen A ^a   Pinder, Ian M ^b   Moran, Chris G ^c   Weir, David J ^a   Lingard, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Nottingham University Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYETHYLENE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURVIVAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67651156347     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01427     Document Type: Article

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