Relationship between the surgical epicondylar axis and the articular surface of the distal femur: An anatomic study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 674-682

  Lustig, Sébastien ^a   Lavoie, Frédéric ^b   Selmi, Tarik Ait Si ^a   Servien, Elvire ^a   Neyret, Philippe ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femoral anatomy; Surgical epicondylar axis; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGAMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; DISSECTION; EPIPHYSES; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT;

EID: 46149086546     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0551-9     Document Type: Article

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