The risk of notching the anterior femoral cortex with the use of navigation systems in total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 718-722

  Minoda, Yukihide ^a   Kobayashi, Akio ^a,b   Iwaki, Hiroyoshi ^a   Mitsuhiko, Ikebuchi ^a   Kadoya, Yoshinori ^c   Ohashi, Hirotsugu ^d   Takaoka, Kunio ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Navigation system; Notching of anterior femoral cortex; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952541392     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0927-5     Document Type: Article

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