Variability in Femoral Component Rotation Reference Axes Measured During Navigation-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Gap Technique

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-243

  Moon, Young Wan ^a   Seo, Jai Gon ^a   Lim, Seung Jae ^a   Yang, Jae Hyuk ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

femoral component rotation; navigation; reference axis; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; ROTATION; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARIANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA;

EID: 74249105949     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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