Posterior cruciate ligament balancing in total knee replacement: The quantitative relationship between tightness of the flexion gap and tibial translation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1046-1050

  Christen, B ^a,b   Heesterbeek, P V ^a,c   Wymenga, A ^a,c   Wehrli, U ^a,c  

^a Spital Bern Ziegler   (Switzerland)

^b Orthopaedic Clinic   (Switzerland)

^c Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34848890331     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B8.18976     Document Type: Article

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