Can rotational congruity be achieved in both flexion and extension when the femoral component is externally rotated in total knee arthroplasty?

Knee

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Ries, Michael D ^a,b,h   Salehi, Abraham ^c   Laskin, Richard S ^d   Bourne, Robert B ^e   Rand, James A ^f   Gustilo, Ramon B ^g  

^a BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Arthroplasty; Congruity; Knee; Rotation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMUR; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIBIA;

EID: 0031982974     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(97)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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