Distal rotational alignment of the Chinese femur and its relevance in total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Yip, Daniel K H ^a   Zhu, Y H ^a   Chiu, K Y ^a   Ng, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; femur; rotational alignment; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHINESE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HONG KONG; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION;

EID: 3342943174     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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