A comparison of the vastus splitting and median parapatellar approaches in total knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 367, Issue , 1999, Pages 107-116

  Parentis, Michael A ^a   Rumi, Mustasim N ^a   Deol, Gurvinder S ^a   Kothari, Milind ^a   Parrish, William M ^a   Pellegrini Jr , Vincent D ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY INJURY; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032721866     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199910000-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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