Surgical options for reconstruction of the extensor mechanism of the knee after limb-sparing sarcoma surgery: An evidence-based review

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-495

  Ek, Edmund W ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ek, Eugene T ^b   Rudiger, Hannes A ^c  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extension; Extensor; Flap; Knee; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE AMPUTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ENDOPROSTHESIS; LIMB SALVAGE; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LIMB SALVAGE; OSTEOSARCOMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 79955945742     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-010-1158-4     Document Type: Article

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