Arthrodesis of the knee using a custom-made intramedullary coupled device
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Arthrodesis of the knee using a custom-made intramedullary coupled device.
Nine patients underwent arthrodesis of the knee using customised coupled nail (the Mayday arthrodesis nail), five after infected arthroplasty, one following failed arthrodesis, one for intractable anterior knee pain, one for Charcot instability and one after trauma. Comparison was made with 17 arthrodeses, eight undertaken using external fixation, four with dual compression plates, and five wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.85b1.13239