The new arthritic patient and arthroplasty treatment options.
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Methods: In a prospective study of 513 consecutive potential knee replacement candidates, 59 patients (12%) underwent medial unicompartmental arthroplasty of the knee. All 59 patients had isolated unicompartmental disease without either clinical symptoms or radiographic evidence of patellofemoral arthritis; intraoperatively no patient had more than Outerbridge class 2 chondromalacia. No patient was lost to follow-up. The average follow-up was 13 years (range, 11-15 years).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
دوره 91 Suppl 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009