Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation

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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Main Authors: Vasudevan Thirumal Selvan, Abdul Ghani, Padmaja Kypa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2005-02-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:
Unicondylar knee replacement
Total knee replacement
Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue12/2004-4-3.htm
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spelling 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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author Vasudevan Thirumal Selvan
Abdul Ghani
Padmaja Kypa
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Abdul Ghani
Padmaja Kypa
Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Unicondylar knee replacement
Total knee replacement
author_facet Vasudevan Thirumal Selvan
Abdul Ghani
Padmaja Kypa
author_sort Vasudevan Thirumal Selvan
title Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation
title_short Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation
title_full Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation
title_fullStr Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation
title_full_unstemmed Difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: An interesting observation
title_sort difference between right and left side in total knee and unicondylar knee replacement: an interesting observation
publisher Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
series Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
issn 0972-5997
publishDate 2005-02-01
description 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.
topic Unicondylar knee replacement
Total knee replacement
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