Availability of Additional Mediolateral Implant Option During Total Knee Arthroplasty Improves Femoral Component Fit Across Ethnicities

Background:. Anatomical variation may represent a challenge in achieving a close fit between a prosthesis and a patient’s osseous geometry in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purposes of this study were to determine whether the shape of the distal part of the femur differs among ethnicities, wheth...

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Main Authors: Gaurav Sharma, MS(Orth), David Liu, FRACS, Rajesh Malhotra, MS(Orth), FRCS, Yi Xin Zhou, MD, PhD, Masao Akagi, MD, PhD, T.K. Kim, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-06-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.16.00014