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Five types of inflammatory arthritis following total knee arthroplasty.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A - 15 Jun 2007
Niki Yasuo, Matsumoto Hideo, Otani Toshiro, Tomatsu Taisuke, Toyama Yoshiaki
Abstract excerpt
Joint effusion after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is considered as a manifestation of certain inflammatory reactions within prosthetic joints. This study investigated causes of joint effusion following TKA and analyzed phenotypic characteristics of synovial fluid leukocytes for each cause. Forty-six TKAs for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 49 TKAs for osteoarthritis (OA) displaying joint effusion were...
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