Surgical epicondylar axis vs anatomical epicondylar axis for rotational alignment of the femoral component in total knee arthroplasty

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Tanavalee, Aree ^a   Yuktanandana, Pongsak ^a   Ngarmukos, Chaithavat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Epicondylar Axis; Total Knee Arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035375605     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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