Malalignment and malposition of quadriceps-sparing approach in primary total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Quadriceps-sparing (QS) approach is considered to be the most minimally invasive surgery for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We perform this meta-analysis to evaluate whether malalignment and malposition are more biased towards the QS approach compared to the traditional medial pa...

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Main Authors: Fu-Zhen Yuan, Shao-Jie Wang, Zhu-Xing Zhou, Jia-Kuo Yu, Dong Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-017-0627-7