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Metal-backed patellar component failure and metallic synovitis in total knee arthroplasty. A case report
J Halbrecht1, C P Giordano, W L Jaffe
1New York Medical College, Valhalla.
Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A case of a dissociation of a metal-backed patellar component with a resultant metallic synovitis is presented. The mechanism of failure is discussed and an analysis of patellar component design is reviewed.