Total knee arthroplasty: Better short-term results after subvastus approach

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1184-1188

  Sastre, Sergi ^a   Sanchez, Maria Dolors ^a   Lozano, Lluis ^a   Orient, Felip ^a   Fontg, Fidel ^a   Nuñez, Montserrat ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional result; Parapatellar approach; Short term results; Subvastus; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 70350271458     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0780-6     Document Type: Article

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