Optimizing femorotibial alignment in high tibial osteotomy

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 366-370

  Rudan, John ^a,b   Harrison, Mark ^a   Simurda, Michael A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALGUS KNEE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032885338     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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