Natural distribution of the femoral mechanical-anatomical angle in an osteoarthritic population and its relevance to total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-123

  Deakin, Angela H ^a   Basanagoudar, Praveen L ^a   Nunag, Perrico ^a   Johnston, Andrew T ^a   Sarungi, Martin ^a  

^a GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal femur; Femoral mechanical anatomical angle; Total knee arthroplasty; Valgus cut; Valgus resection angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL MECHANICAL ANATOMICAL ANGLE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL FEMOROTIBIAL ANGLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALGUS KNEE; VALGUS RESECTION ANGLE; VARUS KNEE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENU VARUM; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84856316382     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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