Flexion gap preparation opens the extension gap in posterior cruciate ligament-retaining TKA

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1321-1325

  Minoda, Yukihide ^a,c   Sakawa, Akira ^a   Aihara, Masaharu ^a   Tada, Koichi ^a   Kadoya, Yoshinori ^b   Kobayashi, Akio ^c  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Joint gap; Posterior cruciate ligament; Soft tissue balance; Surgical technique; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148952137     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0394-9     Document Type: Article

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