Low reproducibility of the intra-operative measurement of the transepicondylar axis during total knee replacement

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-77

  Jenny, Jean Yves ^a   Boeri, Cyril ^a  

^a Ctr Traumatologie et d'Orthopedie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PALPATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SURGEON; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 1342305509     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470410001708150     Document Type: Article

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