Flexion contracture following primary total knee arthroplasty: Risk factors and outcomes

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Goudie, Stuart T ^a   Deakin, Angela H ^a   Ahmad, Aftab ^a   Maheshwari, Rohit ^a   Picard, Frederic ^a  

^a GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83655203077     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20111021-18     Document Type: Article

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