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Application of different patella height indices in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: One complication of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is patella baja (PB). Patellar tendon shortening and joint line elevation are two main causes of PB. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of PB before and after TKA by measuring the patellar height and provide evidence...

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Autores principales: Xu, Bin, Xu, Wei-xing, Lu, Di, Sheng, Hong-feng, Xu, Xin-wei, Ding, Wei-guo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5727872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29233153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-017-0694-9