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A Dutch Survey on Circumpatellar Electrocautery in Total Knee Arthroplasty

INTRODUCTION: Anterior knee pain following total knee arthroplasty is estimated to occur in 4-49% of patients. Some orthopedic surgeons use circumpatellar electrocautery (diathermy) to reduce the prevalence of postsurgical anterior knee pain; however, the extent of its use is unknown. MATERIALS AND...

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Autores principales: van Jonbergen, Hans-Peter W., Barnaart, Alexander F.W., Verheyen, Cees C.P.M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3019582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21228917
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001004010201