The axis-board: An alternative to the cable technique for intraoperative assessment of lower limb alignment

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-171

  Liodakis, E ^a   Kenawey, M ^a   Liodaki, E ^b   Mommsen, P ^a   Krettek, C ^a   Hankemeier, S ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

axis board technique; fractures; Mechanical axis; osteotomy; valgus; varus

Indexed keywords

VALGUS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OSTEOTOMY;

EID: 77954776510     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2010-0579     Document Type: Article

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