Resurfacing versus nonresurfacing the patella in total knee arthroplasty: A critical appraisal of the available evidence

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1261-1270

  Calvisi, Vittorio ^a   Camillieri, Gianluca ^a   Lupparelli, Stefano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Patella; Randomized controlled trial; Resurfacing; Systematic review; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PATELLAR RESURFACING; PATELLAR UNRESURFACING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATELLA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549111331     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0801-9     Document Type: Article

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