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Year : 2017 | Volume
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Joint line restoration in total knee arthroplasty
Nishikant Kumar1, John Mukhopadhaya2, Chandrashekhar Yadav1, Sumit Anand1, Swapnil Singh1
1 Department of Orthopaedics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Paras HMRI Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India
Correspondence Address:
Nishikant Kumar AIIMS, New Delhi India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/joas.joas_10_17
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Total knee Arthroplasty is the most common and successful surgery world wide. Foundation of TKA is based on three pillars soft tissue balancing, bone cuts and cementing. All these factors are equally important and mistake at any level will lead to failure. We here would like to add the fourth pillar 'Joint line Restoration' for successful TKA. |
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