Limitations of the Vastus Lateralis Muscle as a Substitute for Lost Abductor Muscle Function: An Anatomical Study

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2338-2342

  Grob, Karl ^a   Monahan, Rebecca ^b   Gilbey, Helen ^c   Ackland, Timothy ^b   Kuster, Markus S ^b  

^a Klinik fur Orthopadische Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Hollywood Functional Rehabilitation Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Abductor insufficiency; Hip; Innervation; Reconstruction; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR NECK; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAFETY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HIP; INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION;

CADAVER; HIP; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84952873741     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.06.047     Document Type: Article

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