Evaluation of tibial rotational alignment in total knee arthroplasty: A cadaver study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 889-893

  Rossi, Roberto ^a,b   Bruzzone, Matteo ^a   Bonasia, Davide Edoardo ^a   Marmotti, Antonio ^a   Castoldi, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadaver study; Rotational alignment; Surgical technique; Tibial component; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIBIA; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77953914689     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-1023-6     Document Type: Article

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