Is the effect of a posterior cruciate ligament resection in total knee arthroplasty predictable?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Schnurr, Christoph ^a   Eysel, Peer ^b   König, Dietmar P ^a  

^a LVR Klinik für Orthopädie Viersen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; BONY FEMORAL BOX RESECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE FLEXION EXTENSION GAP RATIO; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858795863     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1295-6     Document Type: Article

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