
Arthroplasty
No clinical difference between minimally invasive TKA procedures at 6 month follow-up
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Jun;91(6):1339-43.40 patients undergoing bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were randomized to receive TKA using patellar eversion and anterior translation of the tibia in one knee or patellar subluxation without translation of the tibia in the other knee. This study found that there were no clinically significant differences between these two minimally invasive procedures at the 6 month follow-up, indicating no patient preference.
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