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Circumferential electrocautery of the patella in primary total knee replacement without patellar replacement: a meta-analysis and systematic review.
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- Does Patellar Denervation with Electrocautery Benefits for Total Knee Arthroplasty without Patellar Resurfacing: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trails.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Different modalities of patellar management in primary total knee arthroplasty: a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Patellar Denervation with Electrocautery Reduces Anterior Knee Pain within 1 Year after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Orthopaedic surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic lateral retinacular release does not reduce anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty with patellar resurfacing.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Trial
- Patellar denervation does not reduce post-operative anterior knee pain after primary total knee arthroplasty with patellar resurfacing.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Trial
- Does Circumferential Patellar Denervation Result in Decreased Knee Pain and Improved Patient-reported Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Nonresurfaced, Simultaneous Bilateral TKA?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020Trial
- Circumpatellar Denervation With Patelloplasty in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Without Resurfacing: Five-year Outcomes by International Cartilage Repair Society Patellar Cartilage Grade.Arthroplasty today · 2026Article
- Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty in Chinese Patients: A Retrospective Study in Changchun, Jilin Province, China.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Patella non‑resurfacing in primary total knee arthroplasty provides good functional results-a retrospective review of nine thousand three hundred forty six knees.International orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Letter to Editor regarding article "Patella non-resurfacing in primary total knee arthroplasty provides good functional results-a retrospective review of nine thousand three hundred forty six knees".International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- RETRACTED ARTICLE: Patelloplasty in total knee arthroplasty with circumpatellar denervation versus without denervation - a randomized prospective study.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2020Article
- Understanding the patellofemoral joint in total knee arthroplastyCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2019Review
- Decreasing hospital length of stay and enhancing recovery in Total Knee Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and traumaArticle
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The purpose of this meta-analysis and systematic review was to identify and assess whether circumferential electrocautery is useful for improving outcomes after primary total knee replacement(TKR). We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, SpringerLink, Web of Knowledge, OVID CINAHL, OVID EBM and Google Scholar and included articles published through January 2014. A total of 6 articles met the inclusion criteria. Of the 776 cases included in the analysis, 388 cases involved patellar denervation, and 388 cases were designated as the control group. The meta-analysis revealed no significant difference in the incidence of anterior knee pain (AKP, p = 0.18) or in the visual analogue scale score (VAS, p = 0.23) between the two groups. In addition, AKSS Function Score indicated no significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.28). However, the OKS (p = 0.02), patellar score (p = 0.01), AKSS-Knee Score (p = 0.004), range of motion (ROM, p < 0.0001) and WOMAC Score (p = 0.0003) indicated that circumpatellarelectrocautery improved clinical outcomes compared with non-electrocautery. The results indicate that circumferential electrocautery of the patella does not significantly improve AKP compared with non-electrocautery techniques but that circumferential electrocautery significantly improves patients' knee function after surgery. Therefore, we believe that circumferential electrocautery is beneficial to the outcome of primary TKR surgery without patellar replacement.
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