Primary total knee arthroplasty in the elderly

Feroz Dinah; Simon C. Mears

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Primary total knee arthroplasty in the elderly

Feroz Dinah, Simon C. Mears

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Purpose of review The elderly form a distinct subgroup of patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty. In this report, we review recent literature examining postoperative complications and functional outcome measures after primary total knee arthroplasty in the older patient (>70 years old), as well as the results of total kneearthroplasty for intraarticular fractures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	165-169
Number of pages	5
Journal	Current Orthopaedic Practice
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/BCO.0b013e3282f54050
State	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

Complications
Elderly
Function
TKA
Total knee arthroplasty

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Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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