A technique for cementing of the patellar component in total knee arthroplasty.
A technique is described for cementing of the patellar component in total knee arthroplasty that involves pressurization of cement into the patellar-component lug holes, which are drilled in the bone prior to cementing the component. A radiographic comparison of cement penetration with this method versus that obtained by using conventional techniques is illustrated.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Sampath
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Burke
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D001843:Bone Cements; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D010329:Patella
D001843:Bone Cements