Tibial component designs in primary total knee arthroplasty: Should we reconsider all-polyethylene component?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1438-1449

  Cheng, Tao ^a   Pan, Xiaoyun ^a,c   Liu, Tao ^b   Zhang, Xianlong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

All polyethylene; Component design; Meta analysis; Metal backed; Systematic review; TKA; TKR; Total knee arthroplasty; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PUBLISHING; TIBIA;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METALS; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PUBLICATION BIAS; TIBIA;

EID: 84864395913     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1682-y     Document Type: Article

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