Joint line position correlates with function after primary total knee replacement: A randomised controlled trial comparing conventional and computer-assisted surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1223-1231

  Babazadeh, S ^a   Dowsey, M M ^a   Swan, J D ^a   Stoney, J D ^a   Choong, P F M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; X RAY FILM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052817259     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B9.26950     Document Type: Article

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