Transepicondylar axis accuracy in computer assisted knee surgery: A comparison of the CT-based measured axis versus the CAS-determined axis

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 200-206

  Van Der Linden Van Der Zwaag, Henrica M J ^a   Valstar, Edward R ^a,b   Van Der Molen, Aart J ^a   Nelissen, Rob G H H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Posterior condylar angle; Total knee arthroplasty; Transepicondylar axis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FITTING; ROTATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TANTALUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47249132853     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: 10970150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10929080802240134     Document Type: Article

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