Early functional outcome after subvastus or parapatellar approach in knee arthroplasty is comparable

Wouter L.W. van Hemert, Rachel Senden, Bernd Grimm, Matthijs J. A. van der Linde, Arno Lataster, Ide C. Heyligers

Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy · 2010 · 35 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

Comparable to literature, only mild advantage employing the subvastus approach was found, but only early postoperative and not objectively. As this approach is also not suitable in every case, we will continue to use the parapatellar approach.

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