Safe zone for the descending genicular artery in the midvastus approach to the knee

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 451, Issue , 2006, Pages 96-100

  Başarir, Kerem ^a   Erdemli, Bülent ^a   Tuccar, Eray ^a   Esmer, Ali Frat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING GENICULAR ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; LEG ARTERY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 33749450404     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000223995.79894.5e     Document Type: Article

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