Commentary on an article by Sebastien Parratte, MD, PhD, et al.: "Effect of postoperative mechanical axis alignment on the fifteen-year survival of modern, cemented total knee replacements"

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Mont, Michael A ^a   Mahoney, Ormonde M ^b  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956990228     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00937     Document Type: Note

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