Is it safe the empirical distal femoral resection angle of 5 to 6 of valgus in the Brazilian geriatric population?
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a safe distal femoral resection angle to restore the normal axial alignment of the limb in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the Brazilian geriatric population with knee arthrosis. METHOD: This study analyzed 99 pre-operative hip-k...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000500421&lng=en&tlng=en |