The Use of Navigation to Obtain Rectangular Flexion and Extension Gaps During Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty and Midterm Clinical Results

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 582-590

  Seon, Jong Keun ^a   Song, Eun Kyoo ^a   Park, Sang Jin ^a   Lee, Dam Seon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gap technique; Navigation; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955946769     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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