The effect of surgical approaches and tourniquet application on patellofemoral tracking in total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-312

  Komatsu, Takashi ^b   Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Otsuka, Hironori ^b   Nagao, Akihiko ^b   Toh, Satoshi ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Midvastus approach; Parapatellar approach; Patellar tracking; Total knee arthroplasty; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037629004     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2003.50057     Document Type: Article

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