How accurate is Whiteside's line as a reference axis in total knee arthroplasty?

Knee

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-207

  Middleton, Fiona R ^a   Palmer, Simon H ^b  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rotation; Whiteside's line

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247842838     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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