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Trial reportKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2009

Avoidance of patellar eversion improves range of motion after total knee replacement: a prospective randomized study.

Nele Arnout, J Victor, H Cleppe, M Soenen, G Van Damme, J Bellemans

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Patellar non-eversion in primary TKA reduces the complication rate.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016
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  4. No difference in clinical outcomes after total knee arthroplasty between patellar eversion and non-eversion.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016
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  7. Faster recovery after minimally invasive surgery in total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2013
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  8. Faster quadriceps recovery with the far medial subvastus approach in minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2013
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  11. C-reactive protein (CRP) in different types of minimally invasive knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2013
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  12. Patient-specific instruments: industry's innovation with a surgeon's interest.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nele ArnoutUZ Pellenberg, Weligerveld 1, Pellenberg 3212, Belgium. nelearnout@yahoo.com
J Victor
H Cleppe
M Soenen
G Van Damme
J Bellemans

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minimally invasive surgery has recently been introduced in TKA surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of eversion of the patella, on safety and functional result after TKA. In a prospective, randomised, double blinded trial, 60 patients were divided in two groups: group A underwent TKA through a standard medial parapatellar arthrotomy, with patellar eversion. Group B underwent the same exposure, except for the fact that the patella was subluxed laterally. All other treatment protocols were identical. Outcomes were measured until 1 year postoperatively. Radiographic evaluation included AP, lateral, skyline and full leg standing radiographs. VAS, WOMAC score, Knee Society Knee and Function score were performed. Active and passive range of motion (ROM) and knee proprioception was measured. All patients underwent isokinetic strength testing. The mean passive ROM changed from 121 degrees preoperatively to 121 degrees postoperatively in group A, compared to 118 degrees -131 degrees respectively in group B at 1 year (P = 0.003). The mean active ROM changed from 112 degrees to 115 degrees in group A, and from 108 degrees to 125 degrees in group B (P = 0.005). All other parameters were not significantly different. Patellar dislocation without eversion for exposing the knee during TKA is a safe procedure and improves ROM at 1 year postoperatively.

Indexed as

Range of Motion, ArticularAgedArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeDouble-Blind MethodHumansMiddle AgedMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresPatellaProspective StudiesRecovery of Function

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PMID19585102

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