Accuracy of femoral rotational alignment in total knee arthroplasty using computer assisted navigation

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-172

  Restrepo, Camilo ^a   Hozack, William J ^a,b   Orozco, Fabio ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted navigation; Femoral rotation; Total knee arthroplasty; Transepicondylar axis; Whiteside's line

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 42449157210     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: 10970150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10929080802045640     Document Type: Article

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