5° to 6° of distal femoral cut for uncomplicated primary total knee arthroplasty: Is it safe?

Knee

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-60

  Kharwadkar, N ^a   Kent, R E ^b   Sharara, K H ^b   Naique, S ^a  

^a Yorkshire Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SCUNTHORPE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal femur; Total knee arthroplasty; Valgus cut

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALGUS DEFORMITY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29244469629     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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