Kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty: alternative standardized technique?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Kobe, Japan.

Editorial

Tomoyuki Matsumoto et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;5(Suppl 1):S10.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.03.21.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Kobe, Japan.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

PSI kinematic versus non-PSI mechanical alignment in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized study.
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