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Risk of periprosthetic fracture after anterior femoral notching: A 9-year follow-up of 200 total knee arthroplasties

Background Notching of the anterior femoral cortex in distal femoral fractures following TKR has been observed clinically and studied biomechanically. It has been hypothesized that femoral notching weakens the cortex of the femur, which can predispose to femoral fractures in the early postoperative...

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Autores principales: Gujarathi, Narendra, Putti, Amit B, Abboud, Rami J, MacLean, James G B, Espley, Arthur J, Kellett, Catherine F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916688
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453670903350099