Alignment in TKA: what has been clear is not anymore!

Michael T Hirschmann^{1

2}, Roland Becker³, Reha Tandogan⁴, Pascal-André Vendittoli⁵, Stephen Howell⁶

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¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), 4101, Bruderholz, Switzerland. michael.hirschmann@ksbl.ch.
² University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. michael.hirschmann@ksbl.ch.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodore Fontane, 14770, Brandenburg, Germany.
⁴ Ortoklinik and Cankaya Orthopedics, Ankara, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁶ Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Davis, Davis, USA.

PMID: 31190246
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-019-05558-4

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Alignment in TKA: what has been clear is not anymore!

Michael T Hirschmann et al. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;27(7):2037-2039.

doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05558-4. Epub 2019 Jun 12.

Authors

Michael T Hirschmann^{1

2}, Roland Becker³, Reha Tandogan⁴, Pascal-André Vendittoli⁵, Stephen Howell⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), 4101, Bruderholz, Switzerland. michael.hirschmann@ksbl.ch.
² University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. michael.hirschmann@ksbl.ch.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodore Fontane, 14770, Brandenburg, Germany.
⁴ Ortoklinik and Cankaya Orthopedics, Ankara, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁶ Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Davis, Davis, USA.

PMID: 31190246
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-019-05558-4

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