Intramedullary vs Extramedullary Femoral Alignment Guides. A 15-Year Follow-Up of Survivorship

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-595

  Meding, John B ^a   Berend, Michael E ^a   Ritter, Merrill A ^a   Galley, Matthew R ^a   Malinzak, Robert A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extramedullary; Intramedullary; Survivorship; Tibiofemoral alignment; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEONECROSIS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 79955966014     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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