ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2012
Influence of intra-operative joint gaps on post-operative flexion angle in posterior cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty.
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- Posterior cruciate-retaining versus posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2014Pooled it
- The influence of the tibial slope on intra-operative soft tissue balance in cruciate-retaining and posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2014Trial
- The influence of patella height on soft tissue balance in cruciate-retaining and posterior-stabilised total knee arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2013Trial
- Smaller medial component gaps at deep flexion are associated with better patient-reported outcomes after robotic-assisted cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty using an anatomically designed implant.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Higher use of fixed-bearing over mobile-bearing and posterior-stabilized over medial pivot designs in total knee arthroplasty (TKA): a systematic comparative analysis using worldwide arthroplasty registers from England and Wales, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Intraoperative physiological lateral laxity in extension and flexion for varus knees did not affect short-term clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Article
- Joint distraction force changes the three-dimensional articulation of the femur and tibia in total knee arthroplasty: a cadaveric study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Article
- Intraoperative loose flexion gap may restrict postoperative knee flexion after J-curve design posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2020Article
- What to Know for Selecting Cruciate-Retaining or Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2019Review
- Influence of soft tissue balancing and distal femoral resection on flexion contracture in navigated total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017Article
- Intra-operative gaps affect outcome and postoperative kinematics in vivo following cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2016Article
- Ligament balancing in total knee arthroplasty-Medial stabilizing technique.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2015Review
- Tibial internal rotation is affected by lateral laxity in cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty: an intraoperative kinematic study using a navigation system and offset-type tensor.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2014Article
- Significant effect of the posterior tibial slope and medial/lateral ligament balance on knee flexion in total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2013Article
- Influence of intra-operative parameters on postoperative early recovery of active knee flexion in posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2013Article
- Different pattern in gap balancing between the cruciate-retaining and posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2013Article
- Lateral soft tissue laxity increases but medial laxity does not contract with varus deformity in total knee arthroplasty.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2013Article
- The influence of patella height on intra-operative soft tissue balance in posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2012Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the joint component gap and its relationship with post-operative flexion angles in posterior cruciate-retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In posterior-stabilized (PS) TKA, an inverse correlation between the joint component gap and the post-operative flexion angle was reported. However, the kinematics of the joint component gap has a different pattern in PS and CR TKA. It was hypothesised that CR TKA has a different correlation between the joint component gap and the post-operative flexion angle compared to PS TKA.
methodsThe joint component gap was measured with an offset-type tensor. The joint component gaps were measured at 0°, 10°, 30°, 60°, 90° and 120° knee flexion angle and various values of the change in the joint component gap were calculated; 10°-0°, 30°-0°, 60°-0°, 90°-0° and 120°-0°. Multivariate regression analysis was used to determine the influencing of these parameters to post-operative knee flexion angle.
resultsThe post-operative flexion angle was positively correlated with a joint component gap of 90° and 120° and the values of the change in the joint component gap of 90°-0° and 120°-0°. Multivariate regression analysis demonstrated pre-operative knee flexion angle, and the values of the change in the joint component gap of 90°-0° had a significant independent factor of post-operative knee flexion angle.
conclusionsPost-operative flexion angle is multi-factorial. However, it is important to avoid flexion component gap tightness as well as excessive flexion component gap looseness for acquisition of better flexion angle in CR TKA. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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