Post-traumatic knee stiffness: Surgical techniques
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Post-traumatic knee stiffness: surgical techniques.
Post-traumatic knee stiffness and loss of range of motion is a common complication of injuries to the knee area. The causes of post-traumatic knee stiffness can be divided into flexion contractures, extension contractures, and combined contractures. Post-traumatic stiffness can be due to the presence of dense intra-articular adhesions and/or fibrotic transformation of peri-articular structures....
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1877-0568
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2014.06.026