TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN PATIENTS 80 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER

Authors
HOSICK WB LOTKE PA BALDWIN A
Citation
Wb. Hosick et al., TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN PATIENTS 80 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER, Clinical orthopaedics and related research, (299), 1994, pp. 77-80
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Clinical orthopaedics and related research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0009921X
Issue
299
Year of publication
1994
Pages
77 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-921X(1994):299<77:TKAIP8>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Total knee arthroplasty can be performed with acceptably low risk in t he elderly patient. The risk for postoperative complications is signif icantly higher than in younger patients, however. Pain relief is the p rinciple indication for this procedure in elderly patients.