The impact of a rectangular or trapezoidal flexion gap on the femoral component rotation in TKA

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1141-1147

  Lee, Dae Hee ^a   Padhy, Debabrata ^a   Park, Jong Hoon ^a   Jeong, Woong Kyo ^a   Park, Ji Hun ^a   Han, Seung Beom ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Femoral component rotation; Gap technique; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958827765     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1422-3     Document Type: Article

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