Assessment of lower limb alignment: Supine fluoroscopy compared with a standing full-length radiograph

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Sabharwal, Sanjeev ^a   Zhao, Caixia ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 37849017958     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01514     Document Type: Article

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