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Total Knee Arthroplasty Post-Patellectomy
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Joint Implant Surgeons
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Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr.
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Joint Implant Surgeons
FEATURING
Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr.
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December 23, 2008
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) following previous patellectomy has been associated with poorer results and concerns ...
read more ↘ of instability, arthrofibrosis, and extensor lag. We examine survivorship of TKA post-patellectomy, retrospectively reviewing 39 TKA in 37 patients. TKA post-patellectomy is associated with increased revision rates, but provides significant improvements in pain, function and motion without a clinically significant amount of extensor lag. Immobilization does not improve or prevent lag but does predispose for arthrofibrosis and manipulation.
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read more ↘ of instability, arthrofibrosis, and extensor lag. We examine survivorship of TKA post-patellectomy, retrospectively reviewing 39 TKA in 37 patients. TKA post-patellectomy is associated with increased revision rates, but provides significant improvements in pain, function and motion without a clinically significant amount of extensor lag. Immobilization does not improve or prevent lag but does predispose for arthrofibrosis and manipulation.
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