Electrocautery of the patellar rim in primary total knee replacement: Beneficial or unnecessary?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1259-1261

  Gupta, S ^a   Augustine, A ^a   Horey, L ^a   Meek, R M D ^a   Hullin, M G ^a   Mohammed, A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; ARTHRALGIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956385375     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B9.24467     Document Type: Article

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