Midvastus approach in total knee arthroplasty: A description and a cadaveric study determining the distance of the popliteal artery from the patellar margin of the incision

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 505-508

  Cooper Jr , R Edward ^a,c   Trinidad, Gerardo ^a   Buck, Walter R ^b  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Midvastus; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 13044249166     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(99)90109-2     Document Type: Article

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