ArticleEFORT open reviews2018
Patellar tracking in primary total knee arthroplasty.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Symmetric versus asymmetric tibial components: A systematic review of comparative studies.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Management of patella maltracking after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Preservation of the infrapatellar fat pad during total knee arthroplasty reduces subacute postoperative anterior knee pain: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- Surgical approach and insert constraint are associated with small differences in patellar tilt after robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty: A retrospective comparative radiographic study.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Chronic Pain and Stiffness After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive, Phenotype-Based Review of Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Effects of a novel externally rotated trochlear design on patellofemoral kinematics in total knee arthroplasty: A cadaveric study.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Patellar Instability Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Review of Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management Strategies.Cureus · 2025Review
- Robotic Arm-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Results in Smaller Femoral Components and Larger Tibial Baseplates Than the Manual Technique.Arthroplasty today · 2024Article
- Patellar component positioning in total knee arthroplasty: a cadaver study and review of the literature.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Review
- The effect of femoral prosthesis design on patellofemoral contact stresses in total knee arthroplasty: a case-control study with mid-term follow-up minimum 3-year follow-up.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- The Influence of Femoral Internal Rotation on Patellar Tracking in Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Gap Technique.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2021Article
- Combined Total Knee Arthroplasty and Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction for Chronic Patellar Dislocation and Severe Osteoarthritis.Arthroplasty today · 2021Article
- Musculoskeletal Multibody Simulation Analysis on the Impact of Patellar Component Design and Positioning on Joint Dynamics after Unconstrained Total Knee Arthroplasty.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Risk for hip fracture before and after total knee replacement in Sweden.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Article
- The Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Prosthesis: Indications for Bone Stock and Patellar Morphology.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Review
- Bloodpool SPECT as part of bone SPECT/CT in painful total knee arthroplasty (TKA): validation and potential biomarker of prosthesis biomechanics.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2019Article
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Abstract
This is a review of the recent literature of the various factors that affect patellar tracking following total knee arthroplasty (TKA).Patellar tracking principally depends on the pre-existing patellar tracking and the rotational alignment of the femoral and tibial implants, but the detailed movements depend on the patellar shape. The latter means that the patellar kinematics of any implanted TKA does not return to normal.Laboratory cadaveric studies use normal knees and non-activity-based testing conditions and so may not translate into clinical findings.The recent literature has not added anything significant to change established clinical practice in achieving satisfactory patellar tracking following TKA. Cite this article:
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