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ArticleCureus2025

Total Knee Arthroplasty After a Previous Patellectomy: A Case Report With a Six-Month Follow-Up and a Review of the Literature.

Alexandros Topaloglou, Georgios Antonoglou, Konstantinos Asteriadis, Efstathios Kalivas, Aristeidis Vrettakos

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alexandros TopaloglouDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology - Unit for Sport Injuries, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Agios Pavlos", Thessaloniki, GRC.
Georgios AntonoglouDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, European Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Konstantinos AsteriadisDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology - Unit for Sport Injuries, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Agios Pavlos", Thessaloniki, GRC.
Efstathios KalivasDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology - Unit for Sport Injuries, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Agios Pavlos", Thessaloniki, GRC.
Aristeidis VrettakosDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology - Unit for Sport Injuries, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Agios Pavlos", Thessaloniki, GRC.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a widely performed surgical intervention for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. However, various patient-specific factors altering the biomechanics can influence the surgical technique and the postoperative outcomes. In this case report, a patient is presented who was admitted to our hospital with chronic left knee pain caused by osteoarthritis, with a history of patellectomy after a traumatic event 35 years ago. The surgical procedure undertaken, intraoperative findings, and clinical outcomes six months postoperatively are presented in detail. Furthermore, a review of the literature on knee prostheses utilized, and their efficacy in similar cases, is provided.

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knee arthroplastyknee replaceknee replacementknee traumapatella fracturepatella injurypatellectomysurgical case reporttotal knee arthroplasty (tka)

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PMID40786348
PMCPMC12335735

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