A randomised, controlled trial of circumpatellar electrocautery in total knee replacement without patellar resurfacing

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1054-1059

  Van Jonbergen, H P W ^a   Scholtes, V A B ^a,b   Van Kampen, A ^a,c   Poolman, R W ^a,b  

^a DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN KNEE SOCIETY FUNCTION SCORE; AMERICAN KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CIRCUMPATELLAR ELECTROCAUTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATELLA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960647154     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B8     Document Type: Article

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