Open AccessCan the surgical approach to total knee arthroplasty influence early postoperative outcomes? – A comparative study between trivector and medial parapatellar approaches
Author(s) -
Gautam Reddy,
Saif Ul Islam,
Prakash Chandran,
Fahad Attar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_176_19
Subject(s) - medicine , total knee arthroplasty , surgery , rehabilitation , arthroplasty , physical therapy
Trivector approach to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a quadriceps tendon sparing approach, whereas the medial parapatellar (MPP) approach involves making a longitudinal incision in quadriceps tendon. We postulated that quadriceps-sparing approach such as trivector should make postoperative rehabilitation easier and ultimately reduce the length of hospital stay.