A Comparison of Coronal Plane Axial Femoral Relationships in Asian Patients With Varus Osteoarthritic Knees and Healthy Knees

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 861-867

  Mullaji, Arun B ^a   Marawar, Satyajit V ^a   Mittal, Vivek ^a  

^a BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

coronal plane; femoral axes; total knee arthroplasty; varus osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE BOWING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARUS DEFORMITY; VARUS KNEE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 68649128627     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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