MRI evaluation of rotational alignment and synovitis in patients with pain after total knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1209-1215

  Murakami, A M ^a,b   Hash, T W ^a,c   Hepinstall, M S ^a,d   Lyman, S ^a   Nestor, B J ^a   Potter, H G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; SYNOVITIS; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84866485217     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B9.28489     Document Type: Article

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