Computer-assisted TKA: Greater precision, doubtful clinical efficacy: Opposes

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 679-

  Mullaji, Arun ^a,b   Shetty, Gautam M ^a  

^a BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Arthritis Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB; LIMB DEFORMITY; OBESITY; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALGUS DEFORMITY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349423911     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090728-25     Document Type: Short Survey

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