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TKA anterior knee pain: Posterior-stabilizing mobile-bearing vs. fixed-bearing
April 2013
TKA anterior knee pain: Posterior-stabilizing mobile-bearing vs. fixed-bearing
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 4Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
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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