The long leg radiograph is a reliable method of assessing alignment when compared to computer-assisted navigation and computer tomography

Knee

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 242-249

  Babazadeh, Sina ^b,c   Dowsey, Michelle M ^b   Bingham, Roger J ^a   Ek, Eugene T ^b   Stoney, James D ^b   Choong, Peter F M ^b,c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alignment; Computer assisted surgery; Computer tomography; Knee; Long leg radiographs

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED NAVIGATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONG LEG RADIOGRAPH; MALE; MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT OF THE KNEE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878260476     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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