Progresos en el campo de la artroplastia total de rodilla

Authors

  • J. Numair Hospital Clínico José Joaquín Aguirre Departamento de Traumatología y Ortopedia
  • D. Rodríguez Hospital Clínico José Joaquín Aguirre Departamento de Traumatología y Ortopedia
  • M.S. Urzúa Universidad de Chile
  • M.A. Valenzuela Universidad de Chile
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Abstract

Total Knee Arthroplasty has been perfo rmed in a series of 20cases, betweenjanuary 1992 and april 1993. The mean follow up has been 36 months (range 27 to 42 months). Eighteen (90%) prosthesis were rated excelent in the last control. Total lcnee arthroplasty provides a substancial improvenient in highty deteriorated knees, which catalogues this procedure as reliable and beneficia[, when it is well indicated and correctly performed.

Keywords:

Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla/métodos , Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla/tendencias , Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla/estadística & datos numéricos , Artroplastia de Reemplazo/métodos