Periprosthetic femoral condyle fracture after total knee arthroplasty and saline-coupled bipolar sealing technology

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ng, Vincent Y ^a   Arnott, Lindsay ^b   McShane, Michael ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio Orthopedic Center of Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REOPERATION; SALINE COOLED BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVIUM; TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; BLEEDING; ELECTROCOAGULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 78651373813     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20101123-22     Document Type: Article

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