Does circumpatellar electrocautery improve the outcome after total knee replacement? A prospective, randomised, blinded controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1228-1233

  Baliga, S ^a   McNair, C J ^a   Barnett, K J ^a   MacLeod, J ^a   Humphry, R W ^a,b   Finlayson, D ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTACT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DIATHERMY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866490482     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B9.27662     Document Type: Article

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