Ligament balancing in computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty: Improved clinical results with a spring-loaded tensioning device

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 755-761

  Swank, M ^a   Romanowski, J R ^b   Korbee, L L ^a   Bignozzi, S ^b  

^a Cincinnati Orthopaedic Research Institute   (United States)

^b Biomechanics Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer navigation; Gap balancing; Knee kinematics; Ligament balancing; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LIGAMENTS; ORTHOPEDICS; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER NAVIGATION; LIGAMENT BALANCING; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

JOINT PROSTHESES; ARTHROPLASTY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

COMPUTER ASSISTED; COMPUTER NAVIGATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED NAVIGATION; KNEE KINEMATICS; LIGAMENT BALANCING; ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

EID: 35948953969     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM269     Document Type: Article

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