ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Resection of Infrapatellar Fat Pad during Total Knee Arthroplasty Has No Impact on Postoperative Function, Pain and Sonographic Appearance of Patellar Tendon.
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- Application of saphenous nerve infrapatellar branch protection technique in total knee arthroplasty.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- The Infrapatellar Fat Pad in Osteoarthritis: From Pathophysiology to a Novel Therapeutic Target.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Inflammatory gradients in the infrapatellar fat pad of knee osteoarthritis: implications for joint damage.Arthritis research & therapy · 2025Article
- The role of Hoffa fat pad in total knee arthroplasty: A retrospective comparative study of functional and radiological outcomes.Medicine · 2025Observational
- A novel infrapatellar fat pad preservation technique in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction reduces postoperative pain and cartilage damage: a retrospective study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Infrapatellar fat pad as a source of biomarkers and therapeutic target for knee osteoarthritis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2025Review
- Removal of the infrapatellar fat pad and associated synovium benefits female guinea pigs in the Dunkin Hartley model of idiopathic osteoarthritis.Annals of translational medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Routine resection of the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is controversial, as it may result in shortening of the patellar tendon (PT) and anterior knee pain. This prospective study examined whether IFP excision during TKA affects joint function, anterior knee pain, PT dimensions and sonographic structure. A total of 65 consecutive patients undergoing TKA for osteoarthritis were randomized into two groups: IFP was resected in one and retained in the other. Patients were examined preoperatively, at 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively: pain (Numerical Rating Scale-NRS), range of motion (ROM) and knee function (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score-KOOS score) were evaluated; sonographic examination determined the length, structure and vascularity of the PTs. In both groups there were postoperative improvements in NRS and KOOS scores, although IFP resection did not influence clinical outcomes or sonographic parameters. At 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively for both groups there were no differences between NRS scores (Mann-Whitney test,
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