Is referencing the posterior condyles sufficient to achieve a rectangular flexion gap in total knee arthroplasty?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1561-1565

  Schnurr, Christoph ^a   Nessler, Jochen ^a   König, Dietmar Pierre ^a  

^a Rheinische Klinik fur Orthopadie Viersen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PATELLA; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72349089200     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0656-2     Document Type: Article

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