High Rate of Failure of Allograft Reconstruction of the Extensor Mechanism After Total Knee Arthroplasty*†
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 81 (11) , 1574-9
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199911000-00009
Abstract
Background:Disruption of the extensor mechanism is an uncommon but devastating complication of total knee arthroplasty. Several techniques for reconstruction of the extensor mechanism after total knee arthroplasty have been reported, but we do not know of any study in which the results of onKeywords
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