Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Vol. 8 (2) , 75-82
- https://doi.org/10.5435/00124635-200003000-00001
Abstract
Whether or not to resurface the patella when performing a primary total knee arthroplasty remains an open question. A number of recent studies have added new information relevant to this controversy. Anatomic studies show that there is normally substantial variability in the anatomy of the tKeywords
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