Prevalence of anterior knee pain after patellar retention total knee arthroplasty: Comparison of patients with rheumatoid arthritis versus primary osteoarthritis.

CONCLUSION: After TKA without resurfacing the patella, patients with RA were determined to have a similar risk for AKP as those with OA. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Therapeutic Study. PMID: 31445793 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31445793?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica - August 20, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Pehlivanoglu T, Balci HI, Demirel M, Cakmak MF, Yazicioglu O, Kilicoglu OI Tags: Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc Source Type: research