Variability in the relationship between the distal femoral mechanical and anatomical axes in patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 798-801

  Nam, Denis ^a   Maher, Patrick A ^a   Robles, Alex ^a   McLawhorn, Alexander S ^a   Mayman, David J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Distal femoral axes; Intramedullary resection guide; Malpositioning; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876696101     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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