Limb-length measurement in total hip arthroplasty using a calipers dual pin retractor

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Takigami, Iori ^a   Itokazu, Mansho ^a   Itoh, Yoshiki ^a   Matsumoto, Kazu ^a   Yamamoto, Takatoshi ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RETRACTOR; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46049110744     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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