Erschienen in:
01.07.2014 | Clinical Faceoff
Measured Resection Versus Gap Balancing for Total Knee Arthroplasty
verfasst von:
Matthew P. Abdel, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 7/2014
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Excerpt
The number of TKAs performed in the United States is expected to increase substantially in the next two decades [
6]. Additionally, surgeons are performing TKAs in younger and more active patients. While many articles discuss the importance of radiographic alignment, soft-tissue balancing is essential to a successful TKA. There remains great controversy in how surgeons obtain correct alignment and soft-tissue tensioning. Some surgeons utilize a measured resection technique, while other surgeons favor a gap-balancing technique. …