A novel computer-assisted surgical technique for revision total knee arthroplasty

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1771-1779

  Marcacci, Maurilio ^a   Nofrini, Laura ^a   Iacono, Francesco ^a   Di Martino, Alessandro ^a   Bignozzi, Simone ^a   Lo Presti, Mirco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Knee; Navigation system; Revision total knee arthoplasty; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY; KNEE; REVISION TOTAL KNEE ARTHOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 35348827817     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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