The native femoral sulcus as the guide for the medial/lateral position of the femoral component in knee arthroplasty: Normal patellar tracking in 690/700 knees - A prospective evaluation

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-504

  Chiu, Fang Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745571516     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610046460     Document Type: Article

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