The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 1024-1032 , October 2009

Quadriceps-Sparing, Minimal-Incision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Comparative Study

  • Wei-Peng Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jinn Lin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lih-Ching Horng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shun-Min Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Chuan Jiang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ching-Chuan Jiang, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South, Road, Taipei, Taiwan.

Received 10 July 2007 ,Accepted 9 July 2008.

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 No benefits or funds were received in support of the study.

PII: S0883-5403(08)00613-X

doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.07.005

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 1024-1032 , October 2009

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