Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 64-69 , January 2005

The role of navigation in knee surgery and evaluation of three-dimensional knee kinematics

  • Tobias Hüfner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Tobias Hüfner, MD, Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
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  • Rupert Meller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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  • Daniel Kendoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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  • Johannes Zeichen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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  • Boris A. Zelle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Sports Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
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  • Freddie H. Fu, MD, DSc (Hon), DPs (Hon)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Sports Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
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  • Christian Krettek (FRACS)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

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doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2004.11.005

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 64-69 , January 2005

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