The Risk of Direct Peroneal Nerve Injury Using the Ranawat "Inside-Out" Lateral Release Technique in Valgus Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-165

  Bruzzone, Matteo ^a   Ranawat, Amar ^b   Castoldi, Filippo ^a   Dettoni, Federico ^a   Rossi, Paolo ^a   Rossi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; nerve injury; soft tissue release; total knee arthroplasty; valgus knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSIDE OUT LATERAL RELEASE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALGUS KNEE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NERVE; TIBIA;

EID: 73149091451     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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