Resurfacing of the Patella in Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study*
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 79 (8) , 1121-31
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199708000-00002
Abstract
During a two-year period, eighty-nine patients who were scheduled to have a total knee arthroplasty for the treatment of degenerative osteoarthrosis were randomly assigned to one of two groups: resurfacing of the patella or retention of the patella. All patients received the same posterior cruciate-Keywords
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