The accuracy of intramedullary tibial guide of sagittal alignment of PCL-substituting total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1334-1338

  Han, Hyuk Soo ^a   Kang, Seung Baik ^a   Jo, Chris H ^a   Kim, Sun Hong ^a   Lee, Jung Ha ^a  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intramedullary guide; Posterior tibial slope; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE MALALIGNMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956876968     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1152-y     Document Type: Article

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