Complications after total knee arthroplasty: periprosthetic fracture after extensor mechanism transplantation

With the increase in total knee replacements in Brazil there is also an increase in the number of complications. The authors report a case in which 3 serious complications happened after a total knee replacement and the treatment was based on the literature, but individualized to the patient in some...

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Main Authors: Camilo Partezani Helito, Leonardo Pozzobon, Riccardo Gomes Gobbi, Jose Ricardo Pecora, Gilberto Luis Camanho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000500460&lng=en&tlng=en