Changes in varus-valgus laxity after total knee arthroplasty over time

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1988-1993

  Takeda, Mitsuhiro ^a   Ishii, Yoshinori ^a   Noguchi, Hideo ^a   Matsuda, Yoshikazu ^a   Sato, Junko ^a  

^a Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronal laxity; Longitudinal change; Posterior cruciate ligament retaining; Posterior cruciate ligament sacrificing; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866922426     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1783-7     Document Type: Article

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