Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 167-171 , September 2009

Patella Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Admonition of Common Sense: in Opposition

  • Robert L. Barrack, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Robert L. Barrack, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Washington University School of Medicine, 11300 W Pavilion, St. Louis, MO 63110

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  1. Pawar U, Rao KN, Sundaram PS, et al. Scintigraphic assessment of patellar viability in total knee arthroplasty after lateral release. J Arthroplasty. 2009;24:636–640
  2. Barrack RL, Burak C. Patella in total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2001;389:62–73
  3. Barrack RL, Wolfe MW. Patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2000;8:75–82
  4. Berger R, Della Valle CJ, Rubash HE. Patellofemoral problems in total knee arthroplasty. In:  Callaghan J,  Rosenberg AG,  Rubash HE,  Simonian PT,  Wickiewicz TL editor. The Adult Knee. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2003;p. 1245–1258
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  8. Whiteside LA. Routine patellar resurfacing: Unwise and unwarranted. Orthopedics. 2003;26:685–687
  9. Pagnano MW, Trousdale RT. Asymmetric patella resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty. Am J Knee Surg. 2000;13:228–233
  10. Barrack RL, Wolfe MW, Waldman DA, et al. Resurfacing of the patella in total knee arthroplasty (A prospective, randomized, double-blind study). J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1997;79:1121–1131

PII: S1045-4527(09)00041-8

doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2009.09.003

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 167-171 , September 2009

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