Intraoperative morphometric study of distal femur in Brazilian patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the treatment option for patients with severe osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee whose symptoms are refractory to conservative management. Unfortunately, the level of patient dissatisfaction is high, reaching up to 25%. The reasons for this dissatisfaction are multifactorial, but bone-implant mismatch significantly increases the chance of pain and functional limitation. Sex-specific prosthesis designs have been developed to overcome this issue, but their use is still controversial. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate possible sex differences in the shape of the distal femur in patients with osteoarthritis. Secondary objectives were to investigate interpersonal variability of the distal femur and to determine the number of femoral imp

SUBMITTER: Loures FB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259597 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature