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Effectiveness of circular external fixator in periprosthetic fractures around the knee

BACKGROUND: The incidence of periprosthetic fractures after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is rising due to an increasing number of TJAs performed annually and the growing elderly population. In many elderly patients with periprosthetic fractures, the bone strength is lowered due to the deterioratio...

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Autores principales: Nozaka, Koji, Miyakoshi, Naohisa, Hongo, Michio, Kasukawa, Yuji, Saito, Hidetomo, Kijima, Hiroaki, Tsuchie, Hiroyuki, Mita, Motoki, Shimada, Yoichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7243335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32438922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03352-9