The influence of postoperative tibiofemoral alignment on the clinical results of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery and Related Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-90

  Kim, Kyung Tae ^a   Lee, Song ^a   Kim, Tae Woo ^a   Lee, Jung Soo ^a   Boo, Kyung Hwan ^a  

^a Seoul Sacred Heart General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knee joint; Tibiofemoral angle; Unicompartmental arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888054121     PISSN: 22340726     EISSN: 22342451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5792/ksrr.2012.24.2.85     Document Type: Article

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