Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Mid-term results and factors affecting outcome of a metal-backed unicompartmental knee design: a case series | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research BioMed Central Research article Mid-term results and factors affecting outcome of a metal-backed unicompartmental knee design a case series Thorsten M Seyler1 Michael A Mont 2 Lawrence P Lai3 Jipan Xie3 David R Marker2 Michael G Zywiel2 and Peter M Bonutti4 Address Department of Orthopedic Surgery Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem North Carolina 27104 USA 2Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Baltimore Maryland 21215 USA 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine New Brunswick New Jersey 08903 USA and 4Bonutti Clinic Effingham Illinois 62401 USA Email Thorsten M Seyler - tseyler@ Michael A Mont - mmont@ Lawrence P Lai - arthrodiastasis@ Jipan Xie - David R Marker - dmarker2@ Michael G Zywiel - mike@ Peter M Bonutti - drbonutti@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 26 October 2009 Received 4 March 2009 Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2009 4 39 doi 1749-799X-4-39 Accepted 26 October 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 39 2009 Seyler et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background Controversies exist regarding the indications for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The objective of this study is to report the mid-term results and examine predictors of failure in a metal-backed unicompartmental knee arthroplasty design. Methods At a mean follow-up of 60 months 80 medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasties 68 patients were evaluated. Implant
