Total knee arthroplasty
- Author:
Nguyen Tien Binh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
knee arthroplasty, Total knee arthroplasty,knee
- MeSH:
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee;
Physical Therapy Modalities;
Surgery
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2004;0(8):14-16
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Knee arthroplasty was indicated after failure of internal treatment, physiotherapy, and other preserved surgeries. It is very carefully to indicate total knee arthroplasty for young patients only when there is no way to improve joint function. Total knee arthroplasty is a special surgery that remove completely surface of knee of condyle of femur, tibial plate and patella, and replace it with artificial materials
