An Anteroposterior Axis of the Tibia for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 420, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-219

  Akagi, Masao ^a   Oh, Masamichi ^a   Nonaka, Tohgo ^a   Tsujimoto, Harutoshi ^a   Asano, Taiyo ^b   Hamanishi, Chiaki ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 1842528819     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200403000-00030     Document Type: Article

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