Imageless navigation system does not improve component rotational alignment in total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 590-600

  Cheng, Tao ^a   Zhang, Guoyou ^b,c   Zhang, Xianlong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

computer navigated; image free; meta analysis; navigation; systematic review; TKR; total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE FREE COMPUTER ASSISTED NAVIGATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA;

EID: 81155135118     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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