Variability of the location of the tibial tubercle affects the rotational alignment of the tibial component in kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2288-2295

  Howell, Stephen M ^a,b   Chen, Justin ^a   Hull, Maury L ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematic alignment; Knee; Rotation; Tibial component

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; ROTATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884530825     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1987-5     Document Type: Article

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