A comparison of radiological and computer navigation measurements of lower limb coronal alignment before and after total knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1234-1240

  Willcox, N M J ^a,b   Clarke, J V ^a   Smith, B R K ^a   Deakin, A H ^a   Deep, K ^a  

^a GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; LEG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS DEFORMITY; VARUS KNEE; WEIGHT BEARING; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG BONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84866510785     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B9.28250     Document Type: Article

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