Nontraumatic tibial polyethylene insert cone fracture in mobile-bearing posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty

A 72-year-old male patient underwent mobile-bearing posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis. He experienced a nontraumatic polyethylene tibial insert cone fracture 27 months after surgery. Scanning electron microscopy of the fracture surface of the tibial insert cone suggeste...

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Main Authors: Yohei Tanikake, Koji Hayashi, Munehiro Ogawa, Yusuke Inagaki, Kenji Kawate, Tetsuya Tomita, Yasuhito Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344116300267