ArticleMedicine2020
Patellar resurfacing versus patellar nonresurfacing in primary total knee arthroplasty: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis.
Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Functional outcome and cost effectiveness of patellar resurfacing and non-resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty: systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- Patellar Resurfacing in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of 50 Randomized Controlled Trials.Orthopaedic surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Patellar resurfacing versus nonresurfacing in total knee arthroplasty: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Pooled it
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTotal knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common orthopedic procedures. However, the decision to resurface the patella during a primary TKA remains controversial. Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to determine whether patellar resurfacing is needed in primary total knee arthroplasty.
methodsA systematic literature research will be conducted in 7 databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library website, ClinicalTrials.gov databases, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Wanfang database, and VIP database for Chinese Technical Periodicals. The quality of studies will be assessed according to Cochrane risk of bias tool and Methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS) scale. The level of the evidence will be estimated by grading of recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation system. Data analysis and synthesis will be completed by the Review Manager 5.3.
conclusionsThe conclusion of this study will provide clinicians performing TKA with a recommendation whether to conduct patellar resurfacing and further guide the clinical decision-making.PROSPERO registration number: CRD42019129711.
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