Bilateral stress fracture of the femoral shaft after total knee arthroplasty. A case report

Knee

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 354-357

  Lim, Hong Chul ^a   Bae, Ji Hoon ^b   Yi, Ju Won ^a   Park, Jung Ho ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Femur shaft; Stress fracture; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRESS FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARUS DEFORMITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 80052101533     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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