Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: A Useful Option for Recalcitrant Symptomatic Patellofemoral Arthritis

Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-160

  Leadbetter, Wayne B ^a   Mont, Michael A ^a  

^a Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; knee arthritis; knee pain; patella pain; patellofemoral replacement

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACETECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT DEGENERATION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLECTOMY; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 71649112724     PISSN: 10454527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sart.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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