All-polyethylene versus metal-backed tibial components - An analysis of 27, 733 cruciate-retaining total knee replacements from the Swedish knee arthroplasty register

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 994-999

  Gudnason, Asgeir ^a   Hailer, Nils P ^a   W Dahl, Annette ^b   Sundberg, Martin ^b   Robertsson, Otto ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL COMPLEX; POLYETHYLENE; METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDYLAR PLATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATING HINGE KNEE PROSTHESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIBIAL KNEE PROSTHESIS; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE REPLACEMENT; PROSTHESIS COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REGISTER; REOPERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903473196     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00373     Document Type: Article

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