Large Thigh Girth is a Relative Contraindication for the Subvastus Approach in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 569-573

  In, Yong ^a   Kim, Jung Man ^a   Choi, Nam Yong ^a   Kim, Seok Jung ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

knee; patellar eversion; subvastus approach; thigh girth; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THIGH;

EID: 34249941759     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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