Neutral mechanical alignment: A requirement for successful TKA: Opposes

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Bellemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTACT ANGLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE MALALIGNMENT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80052818498     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110714-41     Document Type: Article

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