A Novel Implant System for Unloading the Medial Compartment of the Knee by Lateral Displacement of the Iliotibial Band

BACKGROUND: Medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) typically occurs with excessive mechanical load within the medial compartment, resulting in degeneration of the articular cartilage. PURPOSE: A novel extracapsular implant (Latella Knee Implant) has been developed to unload the medial compartment of the kn...

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Autores principales: Shenoy, Vivek N., Gifford, Hanson S., Kao, John T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5347431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28321432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967117693614

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5347431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28321432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967117693614

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