The effect of infrapatellar fat pad excision on complications after minimally invasive TKA: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 695-701

  Pinsornsak, Piya ^a   Naratrikun, Kittipon ^a   Chumchuen, Sukanis ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FAT PAD EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATELLA; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATELLA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893651705     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3321-z     Document Type: Article

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