Caution Required When Using an Intraoperative Knee Balancer in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 829-831

  Kesman, Thomas J ^a   Kane, Paul H ^a   Kaufman, Kenton R ^a   Trousdale, Robert T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension gap; Flexion gap; Knee balancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FORCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE BALANCER; KNEE FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGEON; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 77954659974     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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