A comparison of subvastus and midvastus approaches in minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 575-582

  Bonutti, Peter M ^a   Zywiel, Michael G ^b   Ulrich, Slif D ^b   Stroh, D Alex ^b   Seyler, Thorsten M ^c   Mont, Michael A ^b  

^a Bonutti Clinic   (United States)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MIDVASTUS APPROACH; MINI SUBVASTUS APPROACH; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950906423     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00268     Document Type: Article

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