The Effect of a High-flex Implant on Postoperative Flexion After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
From: Division of Arthroplasty of the Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
Orthopedics
- Publish Date: Aug 2007
- ISSN: 0147-7447
- Volume: 30
- Issue: 8 Suppl
- Pages: 86-8
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Laskin Richard S, et al. The Effect of a High-flex Implant on Postoperative Flexion After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.. Aug 2007;30:86-8
Abstract
Compared to a statistically similar cohort, patients implanted with a high-flex poster-stabilized prosthesis achieved greater return of flexion than that with a standard posterior stabilized implant. In addition, patients with a high flexion arc preoperatively retained this high arc of flexion after surgery. Finally, there was an increase in the range of flexion seen after surgery in both groups of patients, but larger in the group in which the modified high-flexion implant was used.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Biomechanics, Female, Finite Element Analysis, Humans, Knee Joint, Knee Prosthesis, Male, Range of Motion, Articular
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