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TKA anterior knee pain: Posterior-stabilizing mobile-bearing vs. fixed-bearing

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April 2013

TKA anterior knee pain: Posterior-stabilizing mobile-bearing vs. fixed-bearing

Vol: 2| Issue: 3| Number:30| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Less Anterior Knee Pain with a Mobile-bearing Prosthesis Compared with a Fixed-bearing Prosthesis

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Aug;466(8):1959-65. Epub 2008 Jun 4

Contributing Authors:
SJ Breugem IN Sierevelt MU Schafroth L Blankevoort GR Schaap CN van Dijk

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103 patients with unilateral osteoarthritis of the knee scheduled to undergo total knee arthroplasty were randomized to either receive TKA with a posterior-stabilized fixed-bearing knee prosthesis (PS) or a posterior-stabilized mobile-bearing knee prosthesis (PSM). The results at the 1 year follow up indicated that the PSM prosthesis resulted in reduced anterior knee pain, in comparison to use of ...

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