Reliability of the hip-to-ankle radiograph in determining the knee and implant alignment after total knee arthroplasty

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-335

  Skyttä, Eerik T ^a,b   Haapamäki, Ville ^a   Koivikko, Mika ^c   Huhtala, Heini ^d   Remes, Ville ^a  

^a PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement ^*  (Finland)

^c Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alignment; HKA angle; TKA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALALIGNMENT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80052525254     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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