The Influence of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament and Component Design on Joint Line Position After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1093-1098

  Snider, Matthew G ^a   MacDonald, Steven J ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

component design; cruciate retaining; joint line position; posterior cruciate ligament; posterior stabilized; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349231246     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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