A simple method for accurate rotational positioning of the femoral component in total knee arthroplasty: A prospective study on 80 knees with 3 years’ follow-up with CT scans and functional outcome

Background and purpose — There are many techniques for placing the femoral component in correct rotational alignment in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but only a few have been tested against the supposed gold standard, rotation determined by postoperative computed tomography (CT). We evaluated the a...

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Main Authors: Eirik Aunan, Daniel Østergaard, Arn Meland, Ketil Dalheim, Leiv Sandvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-11-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1362733