A technique to facilitate everting the patella in stiff or obese knees in total knee arthroplasty.
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.
Springorum
Hans-Philipp
HP
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany. Hpsringorum@web.de
Scott
Richard D
RD
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