No patella resurfacing total knee arthroplasty leads to reduction in the thickness of patellar cartilage to less than half within 5 years: a quantitative longitudinal evaluation using MRI

Abstract Purpose Patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains controversial as recent meta-analyses have not shown its clear superiority; however, most authors recommend it because it is associated with less frequent anterior knee pain and need for reoperation. We aimed to clarify t...

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Auteurs principaux: Dai Sato, Masayuki Inoue, Takuro Sasaki, Jun Uchida, Tomohiro Onodera, Eiji Kondo, Norimasa Iwasaki
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Langue:EN
Publié: SpringerOpen 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/a168762b7a4d4fbebc01ae802c93a04f
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