An Additional Reference Axis for Determining Rotational Alignment of the Femoral Component in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1049-1053

  Won, Ye Yeon ^a   Cui, Wen Quan ^a   Baek, Myong Hyun ^a   Yun, Tae Bong ^a   Han, Seung Ho ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

rotational alignment; total knee arthroplasty; transepicondylar axis; trochlear line

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848813843     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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