Accurate alignment and high function after kinematically aligned TKA performed with generic instruments

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2271-2280

  Howell, Stephen M ^a,b   Papadopoulos, Stelios ^a   Kuznik, Kyle T ^a   Hull, Maury L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Kinematics; Primary; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884534106     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2621-x     Document Type: Article

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