Early primary total knee replacement for complex proximal tibia fractures in elderly and osteoarthritic patients

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-793

  Vermeire, Jan ^a,b   Scheerlinck, Thierry ^a,c  

^a Universitär Ziekenhuis Brüssel   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78751675738     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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