Is the Anterior Tibial Tuberosity a Reliable Rotational Landmark for the Tibial Component in Total Knee Arthroplasy?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bonnin, Michel P ^a   Saffarini, Mohammed ^b   Mercier, Pierre Etienne ^c   Laurent, Jean Raphael ^a   Carrillon, Yannick ^a  

^a Centre Orthopedique Santy   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Knee arthroplasty; Morphology tibia; Rotation tibia; Tibial component

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 78751575863     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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