Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation
We report an observation made about the differences between right and left side in case of total knee and unicondylar knee replacement. It was found that unicondylar knee replacement was performed more commonly on the left side (66%), as compared to only 34% on right side, where as total knee replac...
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doaj-038ae6dd5c6f477c85e0ca0fda4b679d2020-11-25T01:17:54ZengLight House Polyclinic Mangalore Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972005-02-0134Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observationVasudevan Thirumal SelvanAbdul GhaniPadmaja KypaWe report an observation made about the differences between right and left side in case of total knee and unicondylar knee replacement. It was found that unicondylar knee replacement was performed more commonly on the left side (66%), as compared to only 34% on right side, where as total knee replacement was more common on the right side (64%) as compared to 36% on left side. The exact clinical utility of this difference is yet to be known.http://www.ojhas.org/issue12/2004-4-3.htmUnicondylar knee replacementTotal knee replacement |
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Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation |
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Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation |
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Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation |
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Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation |
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Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation |
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difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: an interesting observation |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore |
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Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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0972-5997 |
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2005-02-01 |
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We report an observation made about the differences between right and left side in case of total knee and unicondylar knee replacement. It was found that unicondylar knee replacement was performed more commonly on the left side (66%), as compared to only 34% on right side, where as total knee replacement was more common on the right side (64%) as compared to 36% on left side. The exact clinical utility of this difference is yet to be known. |
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Unicondylar knee replacement Total knee replacement |
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