The natural history of a newly developed flexion contracture following primary total knee arthroplasty

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1917-1923

  Anania, Andres ^b   Abdel, Matthew P ^a,c   Lee, Yuo Yu ^a,d   Lyman, Stephen ^a,d   González Della Valle, Alejandro ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Hospital Naval Pedro Mallo   (Argentina)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885426344     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1993-3     Document Type: Article

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