Femoral component sizing in total knee arthroplasty: Size matched resection versus flexion space balancing

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-497

  Incavo, Stephen J ^a   Coughlin, Kathryn M ^a   Beynnon, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

balancing; extension gap; flexion gap; knee arthroplasty; measured resection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARUS KNEE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642516292     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2003.12.071     Document Type: Article

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