The vastus medialis muscle-splitting approach: A technique for total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-186

  Schneider, James M ^a,d   Bono, James V ^b   Glockner, Franklin ^c   Melnikoff, Joel ^c   Fletcher, Frederick ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Stratton Vet Admin Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Capital Region Orthopaedic Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial parapatellar; Total knee arthroplasty; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031878176     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(97)10013-8     Document Type: Article

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