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Racial Disparities in Total Knee Replacement Among Medicare Enrollees--United States, 2000-2006
JAMA, 10/15/09

An estimated 45% of U.S. adults might be at risk for developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis during their lifetimes, with whites and blacks at equal risk for this common disabling condition. Total knee replacement (TKR) is an effective method of reducing pain and improving physical function among those with disabling knee osteoarthritis; however, whites have been more likely to undergo the procedure than blacks.

The LISS plate treatment of supracondylar fractures above a total knee replacement
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, 11/05/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Muscle Deficits Persist After Unilateral Knee Replacement and Have Implications for Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Salmonella infection of a total knee replacement
The Knee, 11/10/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Clinical and radiological outcomes of fixed- versus mobile-bearing total knee replacement: a meta-analysis
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 67%

One-stage versus two-stage bilateral unicompartmental knee replacement
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British Volume), 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 67%