An alternative method to create extramedullary references in total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1339-1348

  Seo, Jai Gon ^a   Moon, Young Wan ^a   Park, Sang Hoon ^a   Shim, Jae Woo ^a   Kim, Sang Min ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronal alignment; Extramedullary reference; Overall limb mechanical alignment; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA;

EID: 84862675829     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1668-9     Document Type: Article

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