The LISS plate treatment of supracondylar fractures above a total knee replacement: A case-control study

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 642-648

  Norrish, Alan R ^a,b   Jibri, Zaid A ^a,c   Hopgood, Phil ^a,c  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Tropical Surgery Research and Training Unit   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femur; Knee function; LISS plate; Periprosthetic fracture; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE PLATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73149123838     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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