The painful knee after TKA: A diagnostic algorithm for failure analysis

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1442-1452

  Hofmann, S ^a   Seitlinger, G ^a   Djahani, O ^a   Pietsch, M ^a  

^a ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL SPEISING   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diagnostic algorithm; Failure; Imaging; Pain; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051934172     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1634-6     Document Type: Article

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