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Navigation and soft-Tissue Balancing of LCS Total knee Arthroplasty

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Navigation and Robotics in Total Joint and Spine Surgery

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Of all orthopedic surgical procedures, endoprosthetic total joint replacement today is the most frequent one. While the frequency of total knee replacements in Europe is on a constant rise, in the US total knee replacement has already become more frequent than total hip procedures.

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Strauss, J.M., Rüther, W. (2004). Navigation and soft-Tissue Balancing of LCS Total knee Arthroplasty. In: Navigation and Robotics in Total Joint and Spine Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59290-4_37

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