A quantitative method of effective soft tissue management for varus knees in total knee replacement surgery using navigational techniques

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

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 763-772

  Picard, Frederic ^a   Deakin, A H ^a   Clarke, J V ^a   Dillon, J M ^a   Kinninmonth, A W ^a  

^a GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Medial release; Soft tissue management; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGERY; ARTHROPLASTY; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY; NAVIGATION TECHNIQUE; SOFT TISSUE MANAGEMENT;

TISSUE ENGINEERING; KNEE PROSTHESES;

COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE; MEDIAL RELEASE; NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SOFT TISSUE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ALIGNMENTS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948979291     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM272     Document Type: Article

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