Can the epicondylar axis be defined accurately in total knee arthroplasty?

Knee

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-296

  Kinzel, Vera ^a   Ledger, Michael ^a   Shakespeare, David ^a  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epicondylar axis; Rotational alignment; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22144434826     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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