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SUBMITTER: Kubo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8495702 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kubo Mitsuhiko M Kumagai Kosuke K Maeda Tsutomu T Amano Yasutaka Y Fujikawa Hitomi H Imai Shinji S
Arthroplasty today 20210930
Knee osteoarthritis with patellar dislocation is a rare and difficult-to-treat condition. Several reports of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) combined with various realignment procedures have been published. A 77-year-old man with knee pain was referred to our hospital. Plain radiography revealed a laterally dislocated patella, with osteoarthritic changes in the femorotibial joint. He simply underwent TKA via a lateral parapatellar approach without realignment. We devised methods of exposure and cl ...[more]