Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Nov 2018
Multicenter StudyUnder-corrected knees do not fail more than aligned knees at 8 years in fixed severe valgus total knee replacement.
A fixed severe valgus knee is a surgical challenge. A safe post-operative Hip-Knee-Ankle angle (HKA) range of 180° ± 4 was recommended, but recent studies mentioned equal results from outliers of this range. Nevertheless, no distinction was made between varus and valgus knees, as well as over-corrected or under-corrected knees. Did post-operative nonaligned total knee replacements (TKR) from fixed severe valgus knees behave differently from the properly aligned population? Did over-corrected knees behave differently from under-corrected knees? ⋯ Level IV-Case series.
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Nov 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialImproved early outcome after TKA through an app-based active muscle training programme-a randomized-controlled trial.
The purpose of this prospective randomized-controlled trial (RCT) was to evaluate if an app-based feedback-controlled active muscle training programme can be used to improve the outcome in the immediate postoperative period after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). ⋯ II.
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Nov 2018
A high rate of tibial plateau fractures after early experience with patient-specific instrumentation for unicompartmental knee arthroplasties.
Patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has been available for a few years. However, limited literature is available on this subject. Hence, the aim of this cohort study is to evaluate the 2 years' results of our first experiences with the use of PSI in UKA. It is hypothesised that there is no advantage in rate of adverse events and in radiological and functional outcomes in comparison to literature on the conventional method. ⋯ III.
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Nov 2018
Intraoperative soft tissue balance using novel medial preserving gap technique in posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty: comparison to measured resection technique.
To investigate intraoperative soft tissue balance with femoral component trial in place using a novel medial preserving gap technique, focusing on medial compartment stability and allowing lateral physiological laxity, with compared with using a measured resection technique in posterior-stabilized (PS) total knee arthroplasty (TKA). ⋯ III.