Approach towards total knee arthroplasty in Brazil: cross-sectional study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has evolved particularly since the 1970s, with improvements in implants and surgical instruments, and has thus become an effective intervention for treating knee arthrosis. Many studies have presented rates of satisfactory clinical and radiologica...

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Main Authors: Raul Frankllim de Carvalho Almeida, Antônio Altenor Bessa de Queiroz, João Carlos Belloti, José Maria Bedran de Castro Filho, Moisés Cohen, Ricardo Dizioli Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802009000400003&lng=en&tlng=en