Open AccessThe Mark Coventry Award: Patellofemoral Arthroplasty Results in Better Range of Movement and Early Patient-reported Outcomes Than TKA
Author(s) -
Anders Odgaard,
Frank Madsen,
Peter Kristensen,
Andreas Kappel,
Jesper Fabrin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000017
Subject(s) - medicine , oxford knee score , osteoarthritis , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , arthroplasty , sports medicine , total knee arthroplasty , surgery , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology
Controversy exists over the surgical treatment for severe patellofemoral osteoarthritis. We therefore wished to compare the outcome of patellofemoral arthroplasty (PFA) with TKA in a blinded randomized controlled trial.