Rotational alignment in total knee arthroplasty

Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 156-159

  Walmsley, David ^a   Backstein, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malrotation; Revision total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE IMPLANT; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; ROTATIONAL ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIBIA; TIBIA TORSION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSEPICONDYLAR AXIS; WHITESIDE LINE;

EID: 84887541400     PISSN: 10454527     EISSN: 15584437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sart.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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