Tibial Shaft Stress Fractures Resulting from Placement of Navigation Tracker Pins

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 504.e5-504.e8

  Hoke, David ^a   Jafari, S Mehdi ^a   Orozco, Fabio ^a   Ong, Alvin ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee arthroplasty; Navigation; Stress fracture; Tibia; Tracker pin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; MALE; NAVIGATION TRACKER PIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 79953031036     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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