Pre-operative frontal plane malalignment predicts the extension gap asymmetry in knee osteoarthritis

PURPOSE: In contrast to bone cuts, soft-tissue releases cannot be planned sufficiently prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Intra-operative evaluation of the extension gap after tibial or femoral resection may result in an unnecessarily excessive bone resection. The present study examines whether...

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Main Authors: Matziolis, Georg, Matziolis, Doerte, Perka, Carsten
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251686/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21674289
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00264-011-1294-7
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