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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 91-B, Issue 3, 405-408.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B3.21940  
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Loosening of the femoral component after unicompartmental knee replacement

A. P. Monk, MRCS, Research Fellow1; G. W. Keys, FRCS, Ed(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon2; and D. W. Murray, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery1

1 Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
2 Macclesfield District General Hospital, Victoria Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 3BL, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr A. P. Monk; e-mail: Barbara.marks{at}ndos.ox.ac.uk

We describe a technique for the diagnosis of loosening of the femoral component of the Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Replacement using accurately aligned lateral radiographs in extension and flexion. If gaps are present between the component and cement on one radiograph and not on the other, the component is loose.




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Loosening of the femoral component after unicompartmental knee replacement
Praveen K Inaparthy, et al.
J Bone Joint Surg Br Online, 16 Apr 2009 [Full text]

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