title: Fixed-bearing cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: Whether to retain, sacrifice, or substitute the posterior cruciate ligament remains controversial. There are advantages to each technique and the excellent long-term clinical results of each ensures that this controversy will continue. This article will review the indications, technique, and results of cruciate-retaining fixed-bearing total knee arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Departmentof Orthopaedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. trousdale.robert@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Trousdale
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Pagnano
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D016119:Posterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular