Kneeling view: A new roentgenographic technique to assess rotational deformity and alignment of the distal femur

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 478-483

  Takai, Shinro ^a   Yoshino, Nobuyuki ^b   Isshiki, Tetsushi ^a   Hirasawa, Yasusuke ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Kujo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Conventional radiography; Patellofemoral instability; Posterior condyle; Total knee arthroplasty; Transepicondylar axis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FEMUR ROTATIONAL DEFORMITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ROTATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0038605723     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(03)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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