Reproducible assessment of radiolucent lines in total knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 434, Issue , 2005, Pages 183-188

  Bach, Christian Michael ^a   Biedermann, Rainer ^a   Goebel, Georg ^a   Mayer, Ekard ^a   Rachbauer, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 18144367784     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000153077.79573.a4     Document Type: Article

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