Radiographic features predictive of patellar maltracking during total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1217-1224

  Chia, Shi Lu ^a,b   Merican, Azhar M ^a,c   Devadasan, Bernard ^a   Strachan, Robin K ^d   Amis, Andrew A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^d CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Lateral retinacular release; Maltracking; Patellar tracking; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350292674     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0832-y     Document Type: Article

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