Lateral approach to the knee combined with an osteotomy of the tibial tuberosity. Its use for total knee replacement;Lateraler zugang zum kniegelenk mit osteotomie der tuberositas tibiae

Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-232

  Arnold, Markus Paul ^a,b   Friederich, Niklaus Felix ^a   Widmer, Heinz ^a   Müller, Werner ^a  

^a KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Klinik fur Orthopadische Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lateral approach to the knee; Osteotomy of the tibial tuberosity; Subvastus approach; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012413555     PISSN: 09346694     EISSN: 14390981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02593984     Document Type: Article

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