Less anterior knee pain with a routine lateral release in total knee arthroplasty without patellar resurfacing: A prospective, randomized study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 517-525

  Zha, Guo Chun ^a   Sun, Jun Ying ^a   Dong, Sheng Jie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Lateral retinacular release; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893900306     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2789-0     Document Type: Article

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