Adequate joint line restoration and good preliminary clinical outcomes after total knee arthroplasty using the Flexion First Balancer technique

Up to 20% of patients are dissatisfied after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Factors which could possibly contribute to this dissatisfaction are a decreased posterior condylar offset (PCO) and subsequent joint line elevation which leads to mid-flexion instability. The Flexion First Balancer (FFB) technique aims to adequately restore the medial PCO and thereby reconstruct the medial native joint line to its pre-disease height.

Source: The Knee - May 16, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: W.A.M. van Lieshout, B.J. Duijnisveld, K.L.M. Koenraadt, L.H.G.J. Elmans, G.M.M.J. Kerkhoffs, R.C.I. van Geenen Source Type: research