While performing a primary TKA in consecutive patients, a constrained insert may be necessary when adequate stability and soft tissue balance are not obtained. In this retrospective study, The investigators aim to identify the prevalence and risk factors that associate with the use of a constrained insert in primary TKA.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
246
constrained polyethylene insert
Navamindradhiraj University
Dusit, Bangkok, Thailand
prevalence to use constrained insert in primary total knee arthroplasty
to identify the prevalence that associate with the use of a constrained insert in primary total knee arthroplasty
Time frame: intraoperative
risk factors to use constrained insert in primary total knee arthroplasty
to identify the risk factors that associate with the use of a constrained insert in primary total knee arthroplasty such as degree of preoperative deformity, degree of preoperative instability
Time frame: intraoperative
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