title: A technique to facilitate everting the patella in stiff or obese knees in total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: In many techniques for total knee arthroplasty, eversion of the patella is necessary. In stiff or obese knees, eversion is often difficult to perform. With the patella-holding clamp (used to cement the patellar component), it is possible to keep the patella in an everted position while the knee is being flexed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany. Hpsringorum@web.de
authors.forename: Hans-Philipp
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Springorum
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009765:Obesity; D010329:Patella / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular