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A Prospective, Single-Center, Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Non-Resurfacing versus Resurfacing in a Cohort of 250 Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty With a Minimum Five-Year Follow-Up.

The Journal of arthroplasty | 2026 | Catteeuw A, Vermue H, Lefeuvre A, Servien E

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 13. Surg Technol Int. 2020 May 28;36:299-303. Does Patellar Resurfacing in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Increase the Risk of Manipulation? Crawford DA(1), Hurst JM(2), Morris MJ(2), Berend KR(2). Author information: (1)Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc., New Albany, Ohio. (2)Joint Implant Surgeons, New Albany, Ohio, White Fence Surgical Suites New Albany, Ohi...

Patellar resurfacing versus patellar nonresurfacing in primary total knee arthroplasty: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis.

Medicine | 2020 | Hou C, Chu X, Zhang B, Li J

[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. 17. J Clin Med. 2026 Feb 18;15(4):1587. doi: 10.3390/jcm15041587. Does Patellar Resurfacing Improve Outcomes in Valgus Osteoarthritis with Compromised Patellofemoral Joint Status? A Retrospective Consecutive Comparative Study. Seo JS(1), Bae JK(1), Shin SK(1), Ryu HG(1),...

Patient Satisfaction and Functional Outcomes Following Secondary Patellar Resurfacing.

Orthopedics | 2016 | van Jonbergen HP, Boeddha AV, M van Raaij JJ

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 3. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012 Jul;20(7):1216-26. doi: 10.1007/s00167-012-1948-z. Epub 2012 Mar 10. Patellofemoral arthroplasty, where are we today? Lustig S(1), Magnussen RA, Dahm DL, Parker D. Author information: (1)Sydney Orthopaedic Research Institute, Suite 12, Level 1, 445 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW, 2067, Australia. sebastien.lust...

Does Patellar Resurfacing Improve Outcomes in Valgus Osteoarthritis with Compromised Patellofemoral Joint Status? A Retrospective Consecutive Comparative Study.

Journal of clinical medicine | 2026 | Seo JS, Bae JK, Shin SK, Ryu HG

Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. 18. J Exp Orthop. 2021 Nov 24;8(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s40634-021-00425-z. No patella resurfacing total knee arthroplasty leads to reduction in the thickness of patellar cartilage to less than half within 5 years: a quantitative longitudinal evaluation using MRI. Sato D(1), Inoue M(2), Sasaki T(3), Uchi...

Patellar resurfacing in posterior cruciate ligament retaining total knee arthroplasty (PATRES): design of a randomized controlled clinical trial.

BMC musculoskeletal disorders | 2014 | Bischoff MJ, van Raaij TM, Reininga IH, van Raay JJ

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 16. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 May 22;99(21):e20097. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000020097. Patellar resurfacing versus patellar nonresurfacing in primary total knee arthroplasty: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis. Hou C(1), Chu X(2), Zhang B(1), Li J(3), Dong Y(1), Zhao Y(1). Author information: (1)Orthopedic Department, Wangjing Hospital, Chi...

Anterior Knee Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Critical Review of Peripatellar Variables.

JBJS reviews | 2023 | El-Othmani MM, Zalikha AK, Shah RP

[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: Disclosure: The Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest forms are provided with the online version of the article (http://links.lww.com/JBJSREV/A989). 7. Chang Gung Med J. 2006 Sep-Oct;29(5):448-57. The management of the patella in total knee arthroplasty. Hsu RW(1). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopedic Surg...

The Challenge of Managing the "Third-Space" in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Review of Current Concepts.

Joints | 2018 | Antinolfi P, Manfreda F, Placella G, Teodori J

Conflict of interest statement: Conflict of Interest None declared. 10. J Arthroplasty. 2023 Jul;38(7 Suppl 2):S227-S232. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2023.02.060. Epub 2023 Feb 27. Outcomes and Survivorships of Total Knee Arthroplasty Comparing Resurfaced and Unresurfaced Patellae. Eiel ES(1), Donnelly P(2), Chen AF(3), Sloan M(4). Author information: (1)Hospital of the University of P...

Selective Patellar Resurfacing: A Literature Review.

Surgical technology international | 2015 | Antholz CR, Cherian JJ, Elmallah RK, Jauregui JJ

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 5. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012 Jul;20(7):1227-44. doi: 10.1007/s00167-012-1985-7. Epub 2012 Apr 8. The controversy of patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty: Ibisne in medio tutissimus? Schindler OS(1). Author information: (1)Bristol Arthritis & Sports Injury Clinic, St Mary's Hospital, Upper Byron Place, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1JU, U...

Patellofemoral arthroplasty.

Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR | 2014 | Lustig S

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 2. Orthopedics. 2016 Sep 1;39(5):e850-6. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20160509-05. Epub 2016 May 13. Patient Satisfaction and Functional Outcomes Following Secondary Patellar Resurfacing. van Jonbergen HP, Boeddha AV, M van Raaij JJ. When secondary patellar resurfacing is performed, a uniformly and widely used scoring system that is validated for anterior knee pa...

Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty, a Never-Ending Controversy; Case Report and Literature Review.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) | 2023 | Adam R, Moldovan C, Tudorache S, Hârșovescu T

Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest. 9. Joints. 2018 Dec 10;6(3):204-210. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1675845. eCollection 2018 Sep. The Challenge of Managing the "Third-Space" in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Review of Current Concepts. Antinolfi P(1), Manfreda F(2), Placella G(3), Teodori J(2), Cerulli G(4), Caraffa A(1)(2). Author information: (1)S...

Meta-Analysis of Patellar Resurfacing

JBJS Orthopaedic Highlights: Knee Surgery | 2013 | Joseph T. Moskal

Patellofemoral arthroplasty, where are we today?

Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA | 2012 | Lustig S, Magnussen RA, Dahm DL, Parker D

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 4. Surg Technol Int. 2015 May;26:355-60. Selective Patellar Resurfacing: A Literature Review. Antholz CR(1), Cherian JJ(2), Elmallah RK(2), Jauregui JJ(2), Pierce TP(2), Mont MA(2). Author information: (1)Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (2)Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement, Rubin Institute for Advanced...

The controversy of patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty: Ibisne in medio tutissimus?

Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA | 2012 | Schindler OS

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 6. JBJS Rev. 2023 Jul 21;11(7). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.23.00092. eCollection 2023 Jul 1. Anterior Knee Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Critical Review of Peripatellar Variables. El-Othmani MM(1), Zalikha AK(2), Shah RP(3). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Is...

Revision surgery for patellofemoral problems: should we always resurface?

Clinical orthopaedics and related research | 2012 | Johnson TC, Tatman PJ, Mehle S, Gioe TJ

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 15. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 Oct 29;15:358. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-358. Patellar resurfacing in posterior cruciate ligament retaining total knee arthroplasty (PATRES): design of a randomized controlled clinical trial. Bischoff MJ, van Raaij TM(1), Reininga IH, van Raay JJ. Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Martini Hospital...

Does Patellar Denervation with Electrocautery Benefits for Total Knee Arthroplasty without Patellar Resurfacing: A Meta‐analysis of Randomized Controlled Trails

Orthopaedic Surgery | 2024 | Xiang Zhou, Yulin Jiang, Debin Chen, Tao Chen

To investigate the effects of patellar denervation (PD) and non‐patellar denervation (NPD) after primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) without patellar resurfacing, this study conducted systematic electronic searches in November 2023 using PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Scopus, adhering to Cochrane Collaboration recommendations. Only randomized controlled trials...

Comparison of Patellar Position After Mobile-Bearing and Fixed-Bearing TKA: A Prospective Randomized Study

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine | 2024 | Abreu FGA

Objectives: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the treatment of choice for severe knee osteoarthritis. While many studies compare mobile- and fixed-bearing designs, data on patellar position between these systems remains insufficient. This study aimed to measure and compare patellar position in mobile- and fixed-bearing TKA systems. Methods: This prospective randomized study asse...

Outcomes and Survivorships of Total Knee Arthroplasty Comparing Resurfaced and Unresurfaced Patellae.

The Journal of arthroplasty | 2023 | Eiel ES, Donnelly P, Chen AF, Sloan M

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 11. Indian J Orthop. 2018 Jul-Aug;52(4):393-398. doi: 10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_512_16. Patellar Resurfacing versus Nonresurfacing with Patellaplasty in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Agarwala S(1), Shetty V(2), Karumuri LK(2), Vijayvargiya M(2). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedics, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (2)P.D. Hi...

LONG-TERM SURVIVAL RATES ARE SIMILAR WITH OR WITHOUT PATELLAR RESURFACING AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, HOWEVER, HIGHER REVISION RATE WITHOUT PATELLAR RESURFACING CAN BE PROSTHETIC-SPECIFIC: A NATIONAL JOINT REGISTRY ANALYSIS

Orthopaedic Proceedings | 2023 | David Chrastek, Krishna Boddu

AbstractIntroductionThe role of patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty remains controversial. We questioned the effect of patellar resurfacing on the early and late revision rates after total knee arthroplasty.Materials and MethodsWe analysed the data of cumulative revisions of primary knee replacement from the NJR 19th Annual Report. NJR included secondary patellar re...

Peripheral patellar denervation has a better effect in reducing postoperative anterior knee pain than patellar resurfacing in TKA

Medicine | 2022 | Xiaohui Ji, Xiaodan Huang, Yingying Zhang, Ming Zhao

Patellar resurfacing (PR) and peripheral patellar denervation (PD) are common surgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The aim of study was to compare preventive effect on postoperative anterior knee pain (AKP) between PR and peripheral PD in TKA. A total of 202 patients who underwent unilateral TKA were randomized into 3 groups: T, TP...

Comparison of clinical outcomes between patellar resurfacing and patellar non-resurfacing in cruciate retaining total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery | 2022 | Jung Ho Noh, Nam Yeop Kim, Ki Ill Song

Background It is not established whether patellar resurfacing is better than patellar non-resurfacing during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This study was to compare the clinical outcomes between groups with patellar resurfacing and non-resurfacing during cruciate retaining (CR) TKA. Methods In this retrospective cohort study, subjects undergoing primary CR TKA for osteoarthrit...

The management of the patella in total knee arthroplasty.

Chang Gung medical journal | 2006 | Hsu RW

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 8. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Jan 19;13(3):383. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13030383. Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty, a Never-Ending Controversy; Case Report and Literature Review. Adam R(1)(2), Moldovan C(3)(4), Tudorache S(5), Hârșovescu T(5), Orban C(6)(7), Pogărășteanu M(8)(9), Rusu E(10). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopedics an...

No patella resurfacing total knee arthroplasty leads to reduction in the thickness of patellar cartilage to less than half within 5 years: a quantitative longitudinal evaluation using MRI.

Journal of experimental orthopaedics | 2021 | Sato D, Inoue M, Sasaki T, Uchida J

Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing intersts. 19. J Arthroplasty. 2020 Jan;35(1):132-138. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2019.08.007. Epub 2019 Aug 12. The Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty With and Without Patellar Resurfacing up to 17 Years: A Report From the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry. Coory JA(1),...

Does Patellar Resurfacing in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Increase the Risk of Manipulation?

Surgical technology international | 2020 | Crawford DA, Hurst JM, Morris MJ, Berend KR

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 14. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Jan;470(1):211-9. doi: 10.1007/s11999-011-2036-2. Revision surgery for patellofemoral problems: should we always resurface? Johnson TC(1), Tatman PJ, Mehle S, Gioe TJ. Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis VAMC Section 112E, 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis...

The Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty With and Without Patellar Resurfacing up to 17 Years: A Report From the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry.

The Journal of arthroplasty | 2020 | Coory JA, Tan KG, Whitehouse SL, Hatton A

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 20. Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Jun 25;36:132. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.132.15861. eCollection 2020. [Total knee replacement without patellar resurfacing: about 60 cases]. [Article in French] Benchekroun S(1), Lahsika M(1), Abid H(1), Idrissi ME(1), Ibrahimi AE(1), Mrini AE(1). Author information: (1)Département de Chirurgie Traumatologique et Orthopédique, CHU...

[Total knee replacement without patellar resurfacing: about 60 cases].

The Pan African medical journal | 2020 | Benchekroun S, Lahsika M, Abid H, Idrissi ME

[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: Les auteurs ne déclarent aucun conflit d’interêts.

Effect of Patellar Denervation on Anterior Knee Pain and Knee Function in Total Knee Arthroplasty without Patellar Resurfacing: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Orthopaedic Surgery | 2020 | Yuhang Wang, Wei Feng, Junting Zang, Hang Gao

ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of patellar denervation (PD) in preventing anterior knee pain (AKP) and improving knee function after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) without patellar resurfacing, and to help surgeons decide whether or not to use PD in TKA.MethodsThe electronic databases of Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Scopus were...

Patellar Resurfacing versus Nonresurfacing with Patellaplasty in Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Indian journal of orthopaedics | 2018 | Agarwala S, Shetty V, Karumuri LK, Vijayvargiya M

Conflict of interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest. 12. J Arthroplasty. 2026 Jun;41(6):1727-1733. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.09.046. Epub 2025 Oct 4. A Prospective, Single-Center, Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Non-Resurfacing versus Resurfacing in a Cohort of 250 Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty With a Minimum Five-Year Follow-Up. Catteeuw A(1)...

Patellar Resurfacing Versus Circumferential Denervation in TKA

Lippincott's Bone and Joint Newsletter | 2017

Three-dimensional patellar tendon fibre kinematics in navigated TKA with and without patellar resurfacing

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | 2017 | C. Belvedere, A. Ensini, M. d’Amato, P. Barbadoro

The influence of patellar resurfacing on patellar kinetics and retropatellar contact characteristics

Journal of Orthopaedic Science | 2013 | Simone Wurm, Hans Kainz, Peter Augat, Wolfgang Reng

What Are the Costs and Benefits of Patellar Resurfacing?

JBJS Orthopaedic Highlights: Knee Surgery | 2011 | Joseph T. Moskal

The Outerbridge Classification Predicts the Need for Patellar Resurfacing in TKA

Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research | 2010 | Carlos E. Rodríguez-Merchán, Primitivo Gómez-Cardero

The Role of Patellar Resurfacing in TKA

Orthopedics | 2006

Patellar Resurfacing Reduces Pain after TKA for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research | 2004 | C O Lybäck, M U K Lehto, M M J Hämäläinen, E A Belt

Patellar Resurfacing for Patellofemoral Arthritis

Orthopedic Clinics of North America | 1992 | George T. Kolettis, Steven H. Stern