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Appendix 10
List of excluded studies with reasons for exclusion
Studies excluded for inappropriate design of study:
Anderson JA, MacDessi SJ, Della Valle AG. Spontaneous, recurrent dislodgment of the polyethylene
tibial insert after total knee arthroplasty: A case report. J. Bone Jt. Surg. Ser. A 2007;
89(2):404-7.
Buechel FF. Mobile-bearing knee arthroplasty: Rotation is our salvation! J. Arthroplasty 2004; 19(4
SUPPL. 1):27-30.
Crova M, Cenna E, Olivero C. Rotating knee prosthesis. Surface or hinge replacement? Orthopade
2000; 29 Suppl 1(-):S43-4.
Kane R L, Saleh K J, Wilt T J et al. Total knee replacement (Structured abstract). Rockville: Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2003.
Keating EM, Meding JB, Faris PM, Ritter MA. Long-term followup of nonmodular total knee replacements.
Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 2002; -(404):34-9.
Ma H-M, Lu Y-C, Kwok T-G, Ho FY, Huang C-Y, Huang C-H. The effect of the design of the femoral
component on the conformity of the patellofemoral joint in total knee replacement. J. Bone Jt.
Surg. Ser. B 2007; 89(3):408-12.
Mihalko W, Fishkin Z, Krakow K. Patellofemoral overstuff and its relationship to flexion after total
knee arthroplasty. Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 2006; -(449):283-7.
Newman JH, Ackroyd CE, Shah NA. Unicompartmental or total knee replacement? Five-year results
of a prospective, randomised trial of 102 osteoarthritic knees with unicompartmental arthritis. J
Bone Joint Surg Br 1998; 80(5):862-5.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Total knee replacement (Structured abstract).
Toronto: Medical Advisory Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MAS) 2005; 51.
Rawlinson JJ, Furman BD, Li S, Wright TM, Bartel DL. Retrieval, experimental, and computational
assessment of the performance of total knee replacements. J. Orthop. Res. 2006; 24(7):1384-94.
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