Quadriceps-sparing TKA technique results comparable to medial parapatellar arthrotomy

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Quadriceps-sparing TKA technique results comparable to medial parapatellar arthrotomy

Tomek IM. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014. doi:10.2106/JBJS.L.01578.

• July 16, 2014

Patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with the quadriceps-sparing subvastus technique had no significant early functional advantages or differences in opioid utilization compared to patients treated with the medial parapatellar arthrotomy technique, according to study findings. Read more