Amputation after failure or complication of total knee arthroplasty: prevalence, etiology and functional outcomes
OBJECTIVE: Identify the etiology and incidence, as well to assess functional outcomes of patients, undergoing lower limb amputation after failure or complication of total knee arthroplasty. These patients were treated at the Center for Knee Surgery at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000500406&lng=en&tlng=en |