Long-term results of cruciate-retaining total knee replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a minimum 15-year review | Zendy

Jin Kyu Lee | Zendy; Young Moon Kee | Zendy; Hyung Kee Chung | Zendy; Choong Hyeok Choi | Zendy

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Long-term results of cruciate-retaining total knee replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a minimum 15-year review

Author(s) -

Jin Kyu Lee,

Young Moon Kee,

Hyung Kee Chung,

Choong Hyeok Choi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.012014

Subject(s) - medicine , periprosthetic , surgery , posterior cruciate ligament , rheumatoid arthritis , osteolysis , cruciate ligament , subluxation , range of motion , radiography , radiological weapon , arthroplasty , anterior cruciate ligament , alternative medicine , pathology

There is controversy about whether to retain or excise the posterior cruciate ligament in rheumatoid knees because attenuation of the ligament is often present in this subgroup of patients. We reviewed more than 15 years of results of cruciate-retaining total knee replacements (TKRs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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