A Comparison of Patellar Vascularity Between the Medial Parapatellar and Subvastus Approaches in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bourke, Michael G ^a,b   Sclavos, Eric K ^c   Jull, Gwendolen A ^b   Buttrum, Peter J ^a   Dalton, Philip A ^a   Russell, Trevor G ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Avascular necrosis; CT; Knee; Medial parapatellar; Replacement; Subvastus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; OSTEOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84861184474     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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