The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 148-151 , March 2010

Measuring patellar height using the lateral active flexion radiograph: Effect of total knee implant design

  • Jean Brilhault

      Affiliations

    • Université François-Rabelais Tours, Tours, France
    • CHRU Tours, Tours, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique I, CHRU de Tours, Cedex 09, 37044 Tours, France. Tel.: +33 234 389 464; fax: +33 247 478 385.
    • ,
  • Michael D. Ries

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

Received 27 December 2008 ,Revised 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 21 July 2009.

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PII: S0968-0160(09)00124-0

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.07.008

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 148-151 , March 2010

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