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Development of a force-determining tensor to measure “physiologic knee ligament gaps” without bone resection using a total knee arthroplasty approach

Journal of Orthopaedic Science, ISSN: 0949-2658, Vol: 16, Issue: 1, Page: 56-63
2011
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Ligament balancing is a challenging but essential part of successful total knee arthroplasty. There is general agreement that flexion and extension gaps should be equal and symmetrical. However, to date there are no available comparisons to physiologically normal knee joints that have not undergone bone resection. There are also no standards specifying which instruments (e.g., spacers, distractors, trial components, navigation systems) and particularly what degree of force should be used for gap distraction.

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