Distal Femoral Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Periprosthetic Fractures After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 775-780

  Mortazavi, S M Javad ^a   Kurd, Mark F ^a   Bender, Benjamin ^a   Post, Zachary ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a   Purtill, James J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal femoral arthroplasty; Femoral periprosthetic fracture; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; DISTAL FEMORAL ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL SCORE; HUMAN; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; FEMUR; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954660101     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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