Rotational malalignment of the components may cause chronic pain or early failure in total knee arthroplasty;Rotationsfehlstellungen der komponenten als ursache chronischer schmerzen und vorzeitigem prothesenversagen bei knieendoprothesen

Orthopade

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 469-476

  Hofmann, S ^a   Romero, J ^b   Roth Schiffl, E ^a   Albrecht, T ^c  

^a Allgemeines und Orthopadisches LKH   (Austria)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^c LKH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical consequences; Results; Revision surgery; Rotational malalignment; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; ROTATION; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0038234931     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-003-0503-5     Document Type: Article

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