ReviewEFORT open reviews2019
The evolution of patellofemoral prosthetic design in total knee arthroplasty: how far have we come?
Review in EFORT open reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- "Anatomic patella design versus medialized dome design in the modern posterior stabilized (ATTUNE) total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis".Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- The anterior compartment in modern knee arthroplasty.Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease (2013) · 2026Review
- Simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty with and without patellar resurfacing using a zirconium ceramic femoral component demonstrated equivalent short-term outcomes: A prospective randomised clinical trial.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Does contemporary total knee designs replicate the anatomy of the native trochlea?European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Early Shear Failure of a 3-Peg Modified Dome Patellar Implant.Arthroplasty today · 2024Article
- Bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty with and without patellar resurfacing. A prospective single surgeon series with a minimum follow-up of 7 years.Knee surgery & related research · 2024Article
- Rehabilitation care for pain in elderly knee replacement patients.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Femoral anterior condyle height decreases as the distal anteroposterior size increases in total knee arthroplasty: A comparative study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Mismatch between trochlear coronal alignment of arthritic knees and currently available prosthesis: a morphological analysis of 4116 knees and 45 implant designs.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Overstuffing the patellofemoral compartment in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.EFORT open reviews · 2023Article
- Deep Learning for Automated Measurement of Patellofemoral Anatomic Landmarks.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- After-hour elective total knee arthroplasty does not affect clinical outcomes but negatively affects alignment.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Three-dimensional-printed custom-made patellar endoprosthesis for recurrent giant cell tumor of the patella: A case report and review of the literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- The Impact of ACL Laxity on a Bicondylar Robotic Knee and Implications in Human Joint Biomechanics.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2020Article
- Clinical outcomes of kinematic alignment versus mechanical alignment in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.EFORT open reviews · 2020Review
- Preoperative activity levels are an important indicator of postoperative activity in cementless TKAs.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has evolved into a successful, cost-effective treatment for end-stage knee arthrosis.The patellofemoral articulation in TKA has largely been ignored during its development despite being an important determinant of outcome.New technologies still need further development to incorporate the patella in TKA surgical planning and operative technique.Alternative approaches to alignment in TKA will have a secondary impact on patellofemoral mechanics and possibly future implant designs.Technologies that assist with precise implant positioning may alter our understanding and overall practice of TKA. Cite this article:
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.