Unicompartmental knee replacement provides early clinical and functional improvement stabilizing over time

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-585

  Panni, Alfredo Schiavone ^a   Vasso, Michele ^a   Cerciello, Simone ^a   Felici, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metal back; Minimally invasive surgery; Osteoarthritis; Unicompartmental knee replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEONECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857442845     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1613-y     Document Type: Article

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