Native femoral sulcus as a guide for the position of the femoral component in primary total knee arthroplasty: A prospective comparative study of 420 knees

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-442

  Chiu, Fang Yao ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Femoral component; Femoral sulcus; Knee arthroplasty; Patellar tracking; Retinacular release

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PATELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746349243     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0667-0     Document Type: Article

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